Almamy Touré (born 28 April 1996) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a

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for 1. Rangers F.C. and the Mali national team.

Club career

Monaco

Touré is a youth exponent from

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. He made his league debut on 20 February 2015 in a 1–0 away win against

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replacing

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after 35 minutes. Bernardo Silva scored the only goal of the game. He started his first game on 25 February 2015, during Monaco's surprise 3–1 victory against

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at the

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. Touré signed a new four-year contract with Monaco on 19 May 2015.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 31 January 2019, Touré joined

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on a four-and-a-half-year deal. Toure struggled with injuries during the 2022–23 season, making just five starts. At the end of the 2023 season, Toure departed Eintracht Frankfurt and became a free agent.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 15 November 2023, Touré joined

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on a contract until the end of the season.

International career

Though Touré did not possess French nationality until 2018, when he obtained it and appeared for the France under-21 national team. Touré switched his international allegiance back to

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in 2022, when he was called up for their

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qualifying matches against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Monaco *

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: 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2021–22

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toure, Almamy 1996 births Living people Naturalized citizens of France Malian emigrants to France French sportspeople of Malian descent French men's footballers Malian men's footballers Footballers from Bamako Men's association football fullbacks France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers UEFA Europa League–winning players Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players AS Monaco FC players Eintracht Frankfurt players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players French expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Malian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Malian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century French sportsmen