Sadio Tounkara

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Sadio Tounkara
Personal information
Full name Sadio Tounkara
Date of birth (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Jeanne d'Arc
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 Jeanne d'Arc
2012–2015 Khazar Lankaran 106 (15)
2016 Enosis Neon Paralimni 5 (0)
2016–2017 AZAL 13 (0)
2017–2019 Zira 38 (5)
2020 Narva Trans 21 (2)
2021–2022 Shamakhi 32 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:06, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Sadio Tounkara (born 27 April 1992) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Club

Tounkara played for a Mali academy from the age of 12 to 15, before signing for then signed for Malian Second Division side Jeanne d'Arc, earning promotion to the Malian Première Division for the 2008/09 season. During the winter of the 2011–12 season, Tounkara signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Khazar Lankaran. [1] After leaving Enosis Neon Paralimni, Tounkara spent six-months without a club before being linked with a return to the Azerbaijan Premier League with AZAL, [2] signing a six-month contract, with an optional year, with AZAL on 1 December 2016. [3]

On 4 September 2017, Zira FK announced the signing of Tounkara on a two-year contract. [4]

On 27 February 2020, Tounkara signed a one-year contract with Estonian club Narva Trans. [5]

On 13 January 2021, Tounkara signed for Keşla until the end of the 2020–21 season. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 May 2021 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Khazar Lankaran 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League 11110--121
2012–13 2854040-365
2013–14 355523010447
2014–15 23320--253
2015–16 9100--91
Total10615122701012617
Enosis Neon Paralimni 2015–16 Cypriot First Division 500050
AZAL 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League13010140
Zira 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League16330--193
2018–19 22230--252
Total38560----445
Narva Trans 2020 Meistriliiga 21231--243
Keşla 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League1215100-172
2021–22 1000--10
Total13151----182
Career total19623264701023127

Honours

Club

Khazar Lankaran

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