El Bilal Touré (born 3 October 2001) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a striker for club

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and the Mali national team.

Club career

Reims

On 3 January 2020, Touré signed his first professional contract with

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. He made his professional debut in a 4–1

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win over

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on 1 February 2020, and scored Reims' first goal in the game.

Almería

On 1 September 2022, Touré moved to

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side

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on a six-year contract. On 26 February 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over

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, to be his club's first ever win against the latter.

Atalanta

Touré signed for

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club

on 29 July 2023. His reported transfer fee of €30 million was the most expensive in the club's history.

International career

Touré won the

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with the Mali U20s. He debuted with the senior Mali national team in a 3–0 friendly win over

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on 9 October 2020, scoring on his debut.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal.''

Honours

Mali U20 *

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* * 2001 births Living people Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Mali men's youth international footballers Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian people of Malian descent Sportspeople of Malian descent Men's association football forwards Stade de Reims players UD Almería players Atalanta BC players Ligue 1 players Serie A players Championnat National 2 players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Malian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Malian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Mali-footy-bio-stub