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.
 Touray playing for Djurgården | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pa Dembo Touray | ||
| Date of birth | March 31, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing 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) |
| 2001–2002 | → Assyriska FF (loan) | 59 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Vålerenga IF (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Engen Santos | 62 | (0) |
| 2015 | Vasalunds IF | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | IFK Lidingö | ||
| National team | |||
| 2001–2010 | 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.
Career statistics
- As of match played 5 September 2014.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Banjul | 1998–99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Djurgården | 2000 | Superettan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Assyriska (loan) | 2001 | Superettan | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||||
| 2002 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Djurgården | 2003 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vålerenga (loan) | 2004 | Tippeligaen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Djurgården | 2004 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| 2008 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 194 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 231 | 1 | ||
| Engen Santos | 2011–12 | National First Division | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 317 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 371 | 1 | ||
Honours
Club
- Superettan (1): 2000
- Allsvenskan (2):[7] 2003, 2005
- Svenska Cupen (2): 2004, 2005
Individual
- Årets Järnkamin (2): 2006, 2010
References
- Dembo Touray har hittat ny klubb - här ska Dif-profilen spela‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 22 January 2016
- Pa Dembo Touray ny målvaktstränare Archived 2017-02-14 at the Wayback Machine‚ prespabirlik.se, 17 January 2017
- "15. Pa Dembo Touray". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- 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.
- "Pa Dembo Touray:Best Goal-Keeper in Sweden". wcr.gm. wcr.gm. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- "Pa Dembo Touray:"Nigeria floppar"". gt.se (in Swedish). GT. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf
External links
- Profile at Djurgårdens IF site (in Swedish)
- Pa Dembo Touray at National-Football-Teams.com