Pa Dembo Touray
Pa Dembo Touray (born 31 March 1980,[3]), is the goalkeeper coach of Prespa Birlik. He is a former Gambian football goalkeeper and national team player for Gambia.
 Touray playing for Djurgården | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pa Dembo Touray | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 2005–2014 | Gambia | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | IFK Lidingö (goalkeeper coach)[1] | ||
| 2017– | Prespa Birlik (goalkeeper coach)[2] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2017 | |||
Club career
Touray, an English spelling of the name "Touré", 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.
Career statistics
- As of match played 5 September 2014.
| 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
- Djurgårdens IF[7]
- Superettan: 2000
- Allsvenskan: 2003, 2005
- Svenska Cupen: 2004, 2005
Individual
- Årets Järnkamin: 2006, 2010
References
- Dembo Touray har hittat ny klubb - här ska Dif-profilen spela‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 22 January 2016
- Pa Dembo Touray ny målvaktstränare Archived 2017-02-14 at the Wayback Machine‚ prespabirlik.se, 17 January 2017
- "15. Pa Dembo Touray". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- Riedel, Jonas (1 December 2004). "Dembo tillbaks i Oslo". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- "Pa Dembo Touray:Best Goal-Keeper in Sweden". wcr.gm. wcr.gm. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- "Pa Dembo Touray:"Nigeria floppar"". gt.se (in Swedish). GT. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.
External links
- Profile at Djurgårdens IF site (in Swedish)
- Pa Dembo Touray at National-Football-Teams.com