Adama Tamboura (born 18 May 1985) is a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

an former professional

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who played as a left back.

Club career

Born in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...

, Mali, Tamboura began his career for

Djoliba AC Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Hér� ...

and on 22 August 2006, Tamboura signed a loan deal ending on 30 November with Swedish club

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. On 23 November 2006, the HIF board announced that Tamboura had signed a three-year-contract with the club. On 28 January 2010, Tamboura signed for Ligue 2 side

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from Helsingborgs IF until June 2012. In July 2012 he signed a three-year contract

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club

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International career

He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

Honours

Mali * Africa Cup of Nations bronze:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamboura, Adama 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Men's association football defenders Malian men's footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Helsingborgs IF players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Mali 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Allsvenskan players Ligue 2 players Danish Superliga players Veikkausliiga players Djoliba AC players FC Metz players Randers FC players Hobro IK players FC Inter Turku players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century Malian people