Bassira Touré (born 6 January 1990) is a Malian

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, who plays as a

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for

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and the Mali women's national team.

Club career

Touré returned to Turkey again and joined the newly established

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club

to play 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Super League.

International career

She played for Mali at the

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, scoring twice for Mali in the match against

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. She scored for Mali in a

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match against

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* 1990 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Málaga CF Femenino players F.C. Kiryat Gat (women) players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Liga F players Ligat Nashim players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Mali women's international footballers Malian expatriate women's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Malian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate women's footballers in Israel Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Malian sportswomen {{Mali-women-footy-bio-stub