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 ^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.

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
		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

Djurgårdens IF

• Superettan (1): 2000
• Allsvenskan (2):[7] 2003, 2005
• Svenska Cupen (2): 2004, 2005

Individual

• Årets Järnkamin (2): 2006, 2010

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

External links

• Profile at Djurgårdens IF site (in Swedish)
• Pa Dembo Touray at National-Football-Teams.com