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发表于 2007-6-25 16:30:11
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Gnégnéri Yaya Touré also spelt Yahya Toure, English pronounced Yah Yah Touray, Arabic pronounced Yaheeyaa Tooray (born May 13, 1983 in the Ivory Coast), is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for AS Monaco. He has 17 caps for the Côte d'Ivoire.
Touré, a midfielder, is the younger brother of Arsenal F.C defender Kolo Touré. They have a younger brother Ibrahim Touré, who plays for OGC Nice.
Touré joined ASEC Mimosas youth academy in 1996. After two years in KSK Beveren (Belgium) and two more at FC Metalurh Donetsk (Ukraine), he moved to Olympiacos in 2005. He was nicknamed "the new Patrick Vieira" by his brother Kolo. He is said to have attracted the interest of clubs such as Olympique Lyon, Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona Everton FC, and A.C. Milan, but has since expressed a wish to play alongside his brother Kolo at Arsenal. He was also selected by Eurosport in 2005 as one of the most promising young players worldwide (Javier Mascherano and Sergio Agüero were included in the list as well). It has since emerged that Arsenal made a |
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