El Bilal Touré

El Bilal Touré (born 3 October 2001) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Almería and the Mali national team.

El Bilal Touré
Personal information
Full name El Bilal Touré
Date of birth (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001
Place of birth Adjamé, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Almería
Number 9
Youth career
Ivoire Académie
2016–2020 Afrique Football Élite
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Reims II 2 (2)
2020–2022 Reims 64 (9)
2022– Almería 17 (6)
International career‡
2019 Mali U20 15 (7)
2019 Mali U23 1 (0)
2020– Mali 15 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:36, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2022

Club career

Reims

On 3 January 2020, Touré signed his first professional contract with Reims.[1] He made his professional debut in a 4–1 Ligue 1 win over Angers on 1 February 2020, and scored Reims' first goal in the game.[2]

Almería

On 1 September 2022, Touré moved to La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.[3] On 26 February 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Barcelona, to be his club's first ever win against the latter.[4]

International career

Touré won the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations with the Mali U20s.[5] He debuted with the senior Mali national team in a 3–0 friendly win over Ghana on 9 October 2020, scoring on his debut.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 February 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims II 2019–20 Championnat National 2 22——22
Reims 2019–20 Ligue 1 7300—73
2020–21 Ligue 1 334102[lower-alpha 2]0364
2021–22 Ligue 1 21210—222
2022–23 Ligue 1 30——30
Total 6492020689
Almería 2022–23 La Liga 17610—186
Career total 831730208817
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal.
List of international goals scored by El Bilal Touré
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 October 2020Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey Ghana2–03–0Friendly
213 November 2020Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Namibia1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
34 June 2022Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Congo2–04–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
43–0
523 September 2022Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Zambia1–01–0Friendly

Honours
Mali U20

References
  1. "Reims recrute El Bilal Touré, champion d'Afrique U20 avec le Mali" (in French). 4 January 2020.
  2. "Angers SCO vs. Reims - 1 February 2020". Soccerway.
  3. "UD Almería bring in promising striker El Bilal Touré". UD Almería. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. "Almeria 1-0 Barcelona". as.com. 26 February 2023.
  5. Lantheaume, Romain (February 2, 2020). "Reims : des débuts records pour la recrue malienne El Bilal Touré !".
  6. "Mali vs. Ghana - 9 October 2020". Soccerway.
  7. "E. Touré". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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