Cherif-Touré Mamam (born 13 January 1978) is a Togolese former professional

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who played as a

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for the Togo national team.

Club career

During his time at Livingston, Touré wore number 91. This is said to be his lucky number from his childhood as he had a basketball shirt bearing that number. He also had "Sheriff" on the shirt but the

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ordered him to use his real name. His most memorable moment at Livingston was scoring twice in a 5–1 win at

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in October 2002. Touré was in January 2005 on a trial with Norwegian club

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, where he claimed that he was born in 1985 and that he had never played for any clubs in Europe, despite having previously played for the Scottish side Livingston where he was registered as born in 1981. One of Brann's players,

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who had previously played for

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, asked him if he was the same player as the one who used to play for Livingston, but Toure denied this.

International career

Touré was a member of the Togo national team and played in the 1998, 2000, 2006 African Cup of Nations, and was called up to the

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in Germany. He is the only Togolese player in history to score a goal for Togo at a FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

His brother

Souleymane Mamam Souleymane Mamam (born 20 June 1985) is a Togolese former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger (association football), winger. He played for Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp, K.R.C. Mec ...

also plays for the Togolese National side. Although Mamam is the family name, Cherif Touré has his Christian names on the back of his shirt.

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