Pa Dembo Touray

Pa Dembo Touray, an English spelling of the name "Touré" (born March 31, 1980,[3] in Banjul), is the goalkeeper coach of Prespa Birlik. He is a former Gambian football goalkeeper and national team player for Gambia.

Pa Dembo Touray
Touray playing for Djurgården
Personal information
Full name Pa Dembo Touray
Date of birth (1980-03-31) March 31, 1980
Place of birth Banjul, Gambia
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 6 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Prespa Birlik (Goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Sait Matty FC
1998–2000 Real Banjul
2000–2011 Djurgården 195 (1)
2001–2002Assyriska FF (loan) 59 (0)
2004Vålerenga IF (loan) 11 (0)
2012–2015 Engen Santos 62 (0)
2015 Vasalunds IF 0 (0)
2016 IFK Lidingö
National team
2005–2014 Gambia 25 (0)
Teams managed
2016 IFK Lidingö (goalkeeper coach)[1]
2017– Prespa Birlik (goalkeeper coach)[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2017

Club career

Touray began his footballing career with Real de Banjul F.C. in Gambia. In 2000, he moved to Stockholm in Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF in the highest domestic league, Allsvenskan. Touray spent two respective loan spells with Assyriska FF[3] and Vålerenga IF[4] before returning to Djurgårdens IF following the sale of Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson.

After Isaksson's departure, Touray was handed an extended run in the team, and since maintained his position as first-choice goalkeeper at the club. He was also rewarded with the club captaincy after several seasons of consistency and following the 2011 season was selected as the top goalkeeper in the Allsvenskan.[5] At the conclusion of the 2011 season, after a decade at Djurgårdens IF Touray left the club having appeared in 195 league matches.

Touray is one of the most celebrated fan-favorites of Djurgårdens IF, having stayed at the club for more than a decade & during one of the club's most successful spells in history. Touray is also well known for singing the West African song "Kamala, Kamala Vesta" as a victory chant, sung by Touray & repeated by the singing stand, which has become a tradition for the club ever since.

International career

Touray has been capped 25 times for Gambia.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 September 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Banjul 1998–99 0000
1999–000000
Total0000000000
Djurgården 2000 Superettan102030
Total1020000030
Assyriska (loan) 2001 Superettan290290
2002300300
Total590000000590
Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan00300030
Total0030000030
Vålerenga (loan) 2004 Tippeligaen110110
Total110000000110
Djurgården 2004 Allsvenskan170306030290
2005261102020311
2006250202050340
200726000260
20082302040290
20092501020280
201023000230
201129020310
Total19411101401202311
Engen Santos 2011–12 National First Division1402040200
2012–132801030320
2013–148020100
2014–152020
Total520500070640
Career total31712101401903711

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Individual

References

  1. Dembo Touray har hittat ny klubb - här ska Dif-profilen spela‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 22 January 2016
  2. Pa Dembo Touray ny målvaktstränare Archived 2017-02-14 at the Wayback Machine‚ prespabirlik.se, 17 January 2017
  3. "15. Pa Dembo Touray". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. Riedel, Jonas (2004-12-01). "Dembo tillbaks i Oslo". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  5. "Pa Dembo Touray:Best Goal-Keeper in Sweden". wcr.gm. wcr.gm. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  6. "Pa Dembo Touray:"Nigeria floppar"". gt.se (in Swedish). GT. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  7. http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf


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