Kolo Touré
b. 1981
Ivorian association football manager (born 1981)
- Born
- 19 Mar 1981 · Bouaké
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 19 Mar 1981BornBorn in Bouaké
- 1999 – 2002TeamASEC Mimosas
- 2000 – 2015TeamIvory Coast men's national football team
- 2002 – 2009TeamArsenal F.C.
- 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2009 – 2013TeamManchester City F.C.
- 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2013 – 2016TeamLiverpool F.C.
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2016 – 2017TeamCeltic F.C.
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1981 – today).
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Kolo Abib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an Ivorian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the assistant manager of Premier League club Manchester City.
Beginning his career as a defender with ASEC Mimosas, Touré moved to English team Arsenal in 2002, where he made 326 appearances for the club and was a member of the 03–04 'invincibles' side. In 2009, he moved to Manchester City, where he was joined a year later by his younger brother, Yaya, helping City earn their first league title in 44 years. In 2013, Touré signed for Liverpool. He is one of the ten players who have won the Premier League with two clubs, having won it with Arsenal and City. He also won the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup with Celtic. He remains to date the African player with the most Premier League appearances (353 in total).
Touré is the second-most capped player for the Ivory Coast, with 120 appearances from 2000 to 2015. He represented the team at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Touré also represented the Ivory Coast at seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments between 2002 and 2015, helping them finish runner-up in 2006 and 2012, while winning in 2015.
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