Bassidiki Touré (7 December 1939 – 28 April 2001), commonly known as Bako Touré, was a Mali international

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forward who played for clubs in

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and France.

Playing career

Born in

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, Touré began playing club football for local sides ASPTT Bamako and Jeanne d'Arc de Bamako. In 1957, Touré moved to France and joined ASPTT Nice. He would soon play for

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sides

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

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and

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. After a spell playing in

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, he joined

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and would win

during 1965. Touré made several appearances for the senior

Mali national football team The Mali national football team ( Bambara: '' Mali jamana ntolatantɔn'', ) represents Mali in men's international football and is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The team's nickname is Les Aigles. They represent the country at tou ...

and participated in the 1972 African Cup of Nations finals, where Mali placed second.

Personal life

Touré is the father of French international and Olympic footballer José Touré. Touré died at age 61 on 28 April 2001.

References

External links

Bassidiki TOURE
at OM1899.com 1939 births 2001 deaths Footballers from Bamako Men's association football forwards Malian men's footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Mali men's international footballers 1972 African Cup of Nations players Olympique de Marseille players Toulouse FC players AS Nancy Lorraine players SC Toulon players Limoges Football players FC Nantes players AC Ajaccio players Blois Football 41 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Mali-footy-bio-stub