Adama Tamboura

Adama Tamboura

Tamboura with Mali in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2006	Djoliba AC
2006–2010	Helsingborgs IF	65	(0)
2010–2012	Metz	56	(0)
2012–2015	Randers FC	70	(0)
2015–2016	Hobro IK	8	(0)
2016	Inter Turku	6	(0)
Total		205	(0)
International career
2004–2015	Mali	84	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Mali Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Eguatorial Guinea-Gabon 2013 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adama Tamboura (born 18 May 1985) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. At international level, he made 84 appearances for the Mali national team.

Club career

Born in Bamako, Mali, Tamboura began his career for Djoliba AC and on 22 August 2006, Tamboura signed a loan deal ending on 30 November with Swedish club Helsingborgs IF. On 23 November 2006, the HIF board announced that Tamboura had signed a three-year contract with the club. ^[1]

On 28 January 2010, Tamboura signed for Ligue 2 side FC Metz from Helsingborgs IF until June 2012. ^[2]

In July 2012 he signed a three-year contract Danish Superliga club Randers FC. ^[3]

International career

Tamboura was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, which exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round. ^[4]

Honours

Mali

• Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013 ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Adama Tamboura - Helsingborgs IF - www.hif.se officiell hemsida Archived 1 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. Tamboura deuxième renfort du mercato Archived 4 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Hjem". Randers FC (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
4. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Adama TAMBOURA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
5. Kobo, Kingsley. "Paris Saint Germain midfielder Momo Sissoko makes Mali Afcon squad". Goal.com . Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
6. "African Cup of Nations 2013: Full Fixtures, Schedule, Standings and Results".

External links

• Adama Tamboura at Soccerway
• Adama Tamboura at National-Football-Teams.com
• Adama Tamboura at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)