Saikou Touray

Saikou Touray
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-06) 6 June 2000
Place of birth Tujereng, Gambia[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Number 22
Youth career
2016–2019 Superstars Academy FC
2018–2019 → Beitar Netanya (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Maccabi Haifa 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Sektzia Ness Ziona (loan) 23 (2)
2020–2021 → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 28 (0)
2021–2022 → Hapoel Haifa (loan) 24 (0)
2022–2025 Grenoble 61 (2)
2025–2026 Bourg-Péronnas 13 (0)
2026– KuPS 1 (0)
International career‡
2025– Gambia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Saikou Touray (born 6 June 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga club KuPS and the Gambia national team.

Career

Touray is a youth product of the Gambian club Superstars Academy FC, and first moved to Israel on loan with Beitar Netanya in 2018. On 12 May 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Maccabi Haifa for five seasons.[2] He had successive loans with Sektzia Ness Ziona, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, and Hapoel Haifa.[3] On 19 July 2022, he transferred to the French Ligue 2 club Grenoble.[4]

On 18 June 2026, Touray signed with the Finnish champions KuPS until the end of 2027.[5]

International career

Jatta was called up to the Gambia national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in June 2025.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Joueur". Ligue2.
  2. ↑ "יעשה לעצמו שם? הסיפור המוזר של סקו טורה - ספורט 5". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט.
  3. ↑ "סאקו טורה יחתום בגרנובל ל-3 שנים - ספורט 5". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט.
  4. ↑ "Saikou Touray signe au GF38 | FOOTISERE.COM".
  5. ↑ "KuPS vahvistaa keskikenttäänsä Saikou Touraylla" [KuPS strengthens its midfield with Saikou Touray] (in Finnish). Kuopion Palloseura. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Muftawu, Adamu (29 May 2025). "Gambia coach McKinstry brings in twelve newcomers for Equatorial Guinea and Uganda friendlies". Pan-Africa Football.
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