Mamadou Tounkara (footballer, born 2001)

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Mamadou Tounkara
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Épinay-sur-Seine, France
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Chaves
Number 83
Youth career
Drancy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Drancy 1 (0)
2020–2024 Vitória Guimarães B 50 (1)
2022–2024 Vitória Guimarães 14 (0)
2024– Chaves 5 (0)
International career‡
2024– Mali U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Mamadou Tounkara (born 14 December 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves. Born in France, he is a youth international for Mali.

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Club career

A youth product of Drancy, Tounkara began his senior career with them in 2019. On 16 June 2020, he transferred to Vitória SC where he signed a 3-year contract. [2] He spent his first 2 seasons with their reserves. [3] He made his professional debut with Vitória SC as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 Primeira Liga loss to Braga on 3 September 2022. [4] On 10 September 2022, he was promoted to their senior side and renewed his contract until 2025. [5]

On 20 August 2024, Tounkara signed for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves. [6]

Personal life

Born in France, Tounkara is of Malian descent. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Gigante Tounkara entra na pré-época do V. Guimarães". www.ojogo.pt.
  2. ↑ Pruneta, Laurent (16 July 2020). "Football : des terrains de banlieue au Portugal". leparisien.fr.
  3. ↑ "Tounkara: "Será um prazer trabalhar na equipa A"". record.pt.
  4. ↑ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
  5. ↑ "Tounkara renova com o V. Guimarães até 2025". ojogo.pt.
  6. ↑ @gdchaves1949 (21 August 2024). "L Tounkara, defesa-central de 22 anos, proveniente do Vitória SC, é jogador do GD Chaves em definitivo. O jogador franco-maliano esteve recentemente nos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris. Bem-vindo e boa sorte, Tounkara! #valentestransmontanos" [L Tounkara, a 22-year-old central defender from Vitória SC, is a permanent GD Chaves player. The Franco-Malian player was recently at the Paris Olympic Games. Welcome and good luck, Tounkara! #valentestransmontanos] (Tweet). Retrieved 21 August 2024– via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Mamadou Tounkara : " Ça sera une fierté pour moi, de porter les couleurs du Mali "".


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