Pa Dembo Touray (born 31 March 1980,), is the goalkeeper coach of Prespa Birlik. He is a former Gambian

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and national team player for

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Club career

Touray, an English spelling of the name "

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", began his footballing career with

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. In 2000, he moved to

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to play for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

in the highest domestic league,

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. Touray spent two respective loan spells with

Assyriska FF Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently playin ...

and

Vålerenga IF Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

before returning to

following the sale of Swedish international

Andreas Isaksson Jan Andreas Isaksson (; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Isaksson began his career at local Trelleborgs FF, before briefly representing Juventus. He would later return to Sweden, where ...

. After Isaksson's departure, Touray was handed an extended run in the team, and since maintained his position as first-choice goalkeeper at the club. He was also rewarded with the club captaincy after several seasons of consistency and following the 2011 season was selected as the top goalkeeper in the

. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, after a decade at

Touray left the club having appeared in 195 league matches. Touray is one of the most celebrated fan-favorites of Djurgårdens IF, having stayed at the club for more than a decade & during one of the club's most successful spells in history. Touray is also well known for singing the West African song "Kamala, Kamala Vesta" as a victory chant, sung by Touray & repeated by the singing stand, which has become a tradition for the club ever since.

International career

Touray has been

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25 times for

Career statistics

Honours

; Djurgårdens IFhttp://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf : *

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

: 2000 *

: 2003, 2005 *

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: 2004, 2005 Individual *

Årets Järnkamin Årets Järnkamin ''(literally Iron Stove of the Year)'' is an award given to a Djurgårdens IF player, or coach, voted by the members of the official supporter club Järnkaminerna (The Iron Stoves). A person whom they felt represented the core val ...

: 2006, 2010

References

External links

Profile at Djurgårdens IF site
* 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Banjul Gambian footballers Association football goalkeepers Real de Banjul FC players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Eliteserien players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Vålerenga Fotball players Santos F.C. (South Africa) players Vasalunds IF players IFK Lidingö players The Gambia international footballers Gambian expatriate footballers Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate soccer players in South Africa {{Gambia-footy-bio-stub