Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré (born 8 April 1979) is a Togolese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

After starting out with Étoile Filante de Lomé, he left Togo for

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(Tunisia) before landing at AC Parma in Italy in 1998, from where he had loan spells at clubs in Switzerland, Egypt and Italy. In 2003–04 he scored 19 goals in 35 matches for Swiss outfit

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and was elected best Togolese player abroad. Kader also played for

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in France, but left the club in the summer of 2008.

International career

Kader's star rose in his home country after he scored the late winner in the

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match against

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, thus securing the Togo national team's first ever win at the tournament. The forward later played in the

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and

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editions, as well as featuring in Togo's disappointing campaign in Egypt in

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. He helped Togo reach the 2006 World Cup, their first World Cup ever. He further scored the team's first and only World Cup goal in a loss to

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kader, Mohamed 1979 births Living people People from Sokodé Association football forwards Togolese footballers Togo international footballers Togolese Muslims 2006 FIFA World Cup players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players CA Bizertin players Parma Calcio 1913 players FC Lugano players Al Ahli Club (Dubai) players L.R. Vicenza players Servette FC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players En Avant Guingamp players Al Jazira Club players Al Dhafra FC players Ajman Club players Étoile Filante du Togo players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Serie B players Swiss Super League players UAE Pro League players Togolese expatriate footballers Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates 21st-century Togolese people