Yaya Touré

Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (born 13 May 1983) is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach for the Saudi Arabia national team.

Yaya Touré

Touré in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Gnégnéri Yaya Touré[1]
Date of birth	(1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Saudi Arabia (assistant)
Youth career
1996–2001	ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Beveren	70	(3)
2003–2005	Metalurh Donetsk	33	(3)
2005–2006	Olympiacos	20	(3)
2006–2007	Monaco	27	(5)
2007–2010	Barcelona	74	(4)
2010–2018	Manchester City	230	(59)
2018	Olympiacos	2	(0)
2019	Qingdao Huanghai	14	(2)
Total		470	(79)
National team
2004–2015	Ivory Coast	101	(19)
Teams managed
2021	Olimpik Donetsk (assistant)
2021	Akhmat Grozny (assistant)
2022–2023	Tottenham Hotspur (academy coach)
2023	Standard Liège (assistant)
2023–	Saudi Arabia (assistant)
Honours Men's football Representing  Ivory Coast Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2006 Runner-up 2012 Winner 2015
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beveren	2001–02[4]	Belgian First Division	28	0			—		—		—		28	0
	2002–03[4]	Belgian First Division	30	3			—		—		—		30	3
	2003–04[4]	Belgian First Division	12	0			—		—		—		12	0
	Total		70	3			—		—		—		70	3
Metalurh Donetsk	2003–04[5]	Vyshcha Liha	11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
	2004–05[5][6]	Vyshcha Liha	22	2	2	1	—		4[c]	1	—		28	4
	Total		33	3	2	1	—		4	1	—		39	5
Olympiacos	2005–06[4][7]	Alpha Ethniki	20	3			—		6[d]	0	—		26	3
Monaco	2006–07[8]	Ligue 1	27	5	0	0	1	0	—		—		28	5
Barcelona	2007–08[9]	La Liga	26	1	3	0	—		9[d]	1	—		38	2
	2008–09[10]	La Liga	25	2	6	1	—		12[d]	0	—		43	3
	2009–10[11]	La Liga	23	1	1	0	—		8[d]	0	5[e]	0	37	1
	Total		74	4	10	1	—		29	1	5	0	118	6
Manchester City	2010–11[12]	Premier League	35	6	7	3	0	0	8[f]	1	—		51	10
	2011–12[13]	Premier League	32	6	0	0	0	0	9[g]	3	1[h]	0	42	9
	2012–13[14]	Premier League	32	6	4	1	0	0	5[d]	1	1[h]	1	42	9
	2013–14[15]	Premier League	35	20	4	0	3	3	7[d]	1	—		49	24
	2014–15[16]	Premier League	29	10	1	0	2	1	5[d]	1	1[h]	0	37	12
	2015–16[17]	Premier League	32	6	0	0	5	1	10[d]	1	—		47	8
	2016–17[18]	Premier League	25	5	4	2	0	0	2[d]	0	—		31	7
	2017–18[19]	Premier League	10	0	0	0	4	0	3[d]	0	—		17	0
	Total		230	59	20	6	14	5	49	8	3	1	316	79
Olympiacos	2018–19[20]	Super League Greece	2	0	1	0	—		2[f]	0	—		5	0
Qingdao Huanghai	2019[20]	China League One	14	2	—		—		—		—		14	2
Career total			470	79	33	8	15	5	90	10	8	1	616	103

1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Greek Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup/EFL Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one in UEFA Super Cup, two in FIFA Club World Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[21]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	2004	3	0
	2005	2	0
	2006	15	1
	2007	5	1
	2008	11	1
	2009	8	2
	2010	13	2
	2011	5	2
	2012	10	1
	2013	10	6
	2014	10	2
	2015	9	1
Total		101	19

Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal^[21]

List of international goals scored by Yaya Touré

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	24 January 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	7	Libya	2–1	2–1	2006 Africa Cup of Nations	[22]
2	3 June 2007	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast	21	Madagascar	3–0	5–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[23]
3	25 January 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	28	Benin	2–0	4–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations	[24]
4	20 June 2009	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	39	Burkina Faso	1–0	3–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
5	5 September 2009	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	41	Burkina Faso	3–0	5–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[26]
6	25 June 2010	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa	54	North Korea	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup	[27]
7	4 September 2010	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	56	Rwanda	1–0	3–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[28]
8	10 August 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	59	Israel	2–0	4–3	Friendly	[29]
9	9 October 2011	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	61	Burundi	2–1	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[30]
10	4 February 2012	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	66	Equatorial Guinea	3–0	3–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations	[31]
11	22 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa	74	Togo	1–0	2–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations	[32]
12	26 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa	75	Tunisia	2–0	3–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations	[33]
13	23 March 2013	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	77	Gambia	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
14	8 June 2013	Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia	78	Gambia	3–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]
15	16 June 2013	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	79	Tanzania	2–1	4–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[36]
16					3–2
17	10 September 2014	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	88	Cameroon	1–1	1–4	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[37]
18	15 October 2014	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	90	DR Congo	1–1	3–4	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[38]
19	4 February 2015	Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea	98	DR Congo	1–0	3–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations	[39]

Honours

Touré lifting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations trophy

Olympiacos

• Alpha Ethniki: 2005–06^[40]
• Greek Football Cup: 2005–06^[41]

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2008–09,^[42] 2009–10^[43]
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09^[44]
• Supercopa de España: 2009^[45]
• UEFA Champions League: 2008–09^[46]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2009^[47]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009^[48]

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18^[49]
• FA Cup: 2010–11;^[50] runner-up: 2012–13^[51]
• Football League Cup: 2013–14,^[52] 2015–16^[53]
• FA Community Shield: 2012^[54]

Qingdao Huanghai

• China League One: 2019^[55]

Ivory Coast

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2015;^[56] runner-up: 2006,^[57] 2012^[58]

Individual

• Ivory Coast Player of the Year: 2009^[59]
• African Footballer of the Year: 2011,^[60] 2012,^[61] 2013,^[62] 2014^[63]
• CAF Team of the Year: 2008,^[64] 2009,^[65] 2011,^[66] 2012,^[67] 2013,^[68] 2014,^[69] 2015^[70]
• Premio Bulgarelli Number 8: 2013^[71]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2013–14^[72]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 Premier League,^[73] 2013–14 Premier League^[74]
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2013,^[75] 2015^[76]
• Manchester City Player of the Year: 2013–14^[77]
• Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2015^[78]
• IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[79]
• IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021^[80]
• FWA Tribute Award: 2023^[81]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of players: FC Barcelona" (PDF). FIFA. 1 December 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2019.
2. "Yaya Toure". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
3. "Yaya Touré: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
4. Touré, Yaya at National-Football-Teams.com
5. "Туре Яя Гнегнері" [Touré Yaya Gnégnéri] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Association of Football. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
6. For UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2009). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 2004–2009. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. pp. 16–30. ISBN 978-1-86223-187-0.
7. For UEFA Champions League: Ionescu, Romeo (2009). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the European Champions League 2004–2009. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 978-1-86223-186-3.
8. "Yaya Touré: Career". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019.
9. "Yaya Touré: Gnégnéri Yaya Touré: Matches: 2007–08". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
10. "Yaya Touré: Gnégnéri Yaya Touré: Matches: 2007–08". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
11. "Yaya Touré: Gnégnéri Yaya Touré: Matches: 2009–10". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
12. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
13. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
14. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
15. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
16. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
17. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
18. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
19. "Games played by Yaya Touré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
20. "Y. Touré: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
21. Mamrud, Roberto (14 September 2017). "Gnégnéri Yaya Touré – Century of international appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
22. Applin, Mark (25 January 2006). "Drogba fires Ivory Coast through". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
23. "Elephants trample Madagascar". BBC Sport. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
24. "Group B results: Civ 4–1 Ben". BBC Sport. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
25. "Burkina Faso v Ivory Coast, 20 June 2009". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
26. "Ivory Coast v Burkina Faso, 05 September 2009". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
27. "North Korea 0 Ivory Coast 3: Match report". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
28. "Ivory Coast 3–0 Rwanda". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
29. Dunbar, Graham (10 August 2011). "Ivory Coast beats Israel 4–3 in friendly match". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
30. "Kolo and Yaya Touré score in Africa Cup of Nations final qualifier". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
31. "Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba scores twice in Equatorial Guinea defeat". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
32. Doyle, Paul (22 January 2013). "Ivory Coast v Togo: Africa Cup of Nations – As it happened". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
33. "Ivory Coast through to quarter-finals after win against Tunisia". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
34. "Ivory Coast 3–0 Gambia". Sky Sports. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
35. "Gambia 0–3 Ivory Coast". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
36. "Tanzania 2–4 Ivory Coast: Summary". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
37. "Nations Cup 2015: Cameroon hit form to thrash Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
38. Porter, Alex (15 October 2014). "Toure on target as Ivory Coast fall to DR Congo". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
39. Wilson, Jonathan (4 February 2015). "Ivory Coast survive wobble against DR Congo to reach Cup of Nations final". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
40. "Yaya Toure: A career in pictures". CNN. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
41. "Greece: Kypello Elladas 2005/2006: Final: Olympiakos Piräus – AEK Athen 3:0: Match details". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
42. "Barcelona 2008–09: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
43. "Barcelona 2009–10: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
44. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 13 de mayo de 2009, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 13 May 2009, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
45. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2009, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the Match held on 16 August 2009, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
    "Acta del Partido celebrado el 23 de agosto de 2009, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 23 August 2009, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
46. "2008/09, Final: Barcelona 2–0 Man. United: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
47. "Final: Barcelona 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
48. "Match report: Estudiantes (La Plata) – Futbol Club Barcelona". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
49. "Yaya Touré: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
50. McNulty, Phil (14 May 2011). "Man City 1–0 Stoke". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014.
51. McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
52. McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
53. McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). "Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
54. Smith, Ben (12 August 2012). "Chelsea 2–3 Man City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
55. "Ex-Espanyol coach Machin makes Chinese Super League move". Yahoo Sports. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
56. Hughes, Ian (8 February 2015). "Ivory Coast 0–0 Ghana". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
57. "Clockwatch: Egypt 0–0 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
58. "Africa Cup of Nations final as it happened". BBC Sport. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
59. "Player of the year » Ivory Coast". World Football. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
60. "Yaya Toure is named Caf African Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
61. "Yaya Toure wins 2012 African Player of the Year award". Evening Standard. London. 21 December 2012.
62. "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013.
63. "Yaya Toure wins fourth African Player of the Year title in a row". BBC Sport. 8 January 2015.
64. "CAF – CAF Awards – Previous Editions – 2008". CAF. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
65. "CAF – CAF Awards – Previous Editions – 2009". CAF. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
66. "CAF – CAF Awards – Previous Editions – 2011". CAF. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
67. "CAF – CAF Awards – Previous Editions – 2012". CAF. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
68. "CAF – CAF Awards – Previous Editions – 2013". CAF. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
69. "Glo-CAF awards 2014 winners". Ahram. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
70. "Aubameyang, Samatta Rule Africa". CAF. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
71. Cozzolino, Giuseppe (10 February 2014). "Yaya Tourè vince il Premio Bulgarelli 2013 (video)". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
72. "Die ESM-Topelf der Saison 2013/14 – ein Deutscher ist dabei". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 5 June 2014.
73. "Spurs defender Kyle Walker wins PFA Young Player award". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
74. "Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker wins PFA Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
75. "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
76. "Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
77. "50 years of MCFC player of the year: Part 5". Manchester City F.C. 23 June 2017.
78. "Orange AFCON 2015 Awards and Best XI". Confederation of African Football. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
79. "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". International Federation of Football for History & Statistics. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
80. "IFFHS". IFFHS. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
81. "Yaya Toure honoured with FWA Tribute Award". Football Writers' Association. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.