Cheick Touré

Cheick Touré
Touré in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001
Place of birth Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Austin FC II
Number 2
Youth career
OMC
2011–2013 Dordrecht
2013–2020 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Feyenoord 1 (0)
2020–2022 Jong PSV 48 (3)
2023–2024 Austin FC II 50 (1)
International career‡
2019 Netherlands U18 1 (0)
2018 Netherlands U19 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2018

Cheick Touré (born 7 February 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austin FC II in MLS Next Pro.[1]

Career

Feyenoord

Touré started his career at Feyenoord in the youth program, making one appearance for the first team and appearing on the bench four more times.[1] After the one appearance for the first team in three years, Touré transferred to PSV Eindhoven.[2]

PSV Eindhoven

Jong PSV

On 19 June 2020, PSV announced that they had signed Touré on a two-year contract that would run until 2022. He was assigned to the reserve team for the 2020–21 season, competing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie.[2] After 24 appearances in his first year with Jong PSV, he continued with the second team for another season for the 2021–22 season.[1]

Austin FC II

In January 2023 Touré signed with the MLS Next Pro team Austin FC II.[3] Touré was the starting right back for Austin FC II when they won the 2023 MLS Next Pro Cup, beating the Columbus Crew 2 by a score of 3–1.[4] After 29 appearances in the 2023 Championship year, Austin FC exercised the one year option on Touré's contract, bringing him back for the 2024 season.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 2017–18 Eredivisie 100000–10
Jong PSV 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 24200––242
2021–22 24100––241
Total 493———493
Austin FC II 2023 MLS Next Pro 250––4[a]0290
2024 25100––251
Career total 9940000401034
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in MLSNP playoffs

Honors

Club

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cheick Touré at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "PSV contracts Cheick Touré (19)" (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Austin FC II Announces First-Ever Player Signings". Austin FC. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Colby (22 October 2023). "Austin FC II rallies late in second half to win MLS Next Pro Cup". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Austin FC II Announces Roster Moves Ahead of 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Season". Austin FC. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "PSV 3 Ajax 0". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.