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Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Retired
Age43
CitizenshipCote d'Ivoire England
Height1.88 m
Footright
BornMay 13, 1983
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 2019 6.0 Solid
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
01/02
debut season
0.17
goals / match
Manchester City
top club · 316 apps

Position rank · 2019

#172
goals rank
#124
assists rank
104
season goals
72
season assists

Among 389 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€36.50m
peak value · 2012
€30.00m
top transfer fee · 10/11
24
best season · 13/14
98 / 20
int'l caps / goals
626Appearances
104Goals
72Assists
103Yellow cards
4Red cards
187Full matches (90′)
Full nameYaya Touré
Name in home countryGnégnéri Yaya Touré
Date of birth1983-05-13 (43 yrs)
Place of birthBouaké, Cote d'Ivoire
CitizenshipCote d'Ivoire England
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height188.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2020-01-01
Contract expires
Agentno agent
Jan 2020
Transfer: QD Huanghai → Retired
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
Transfer: Without Club → QD Huanghai
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
2019 — Qingdao Huanghai
14 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Dec 2018
Transfer: Olympiacos → Without Club
18/19 · Transfer
Sep 2018
Transfer: Man City → Olympiacos
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Olympiacos Piraeus
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Manchester City
17 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Manchester City
31 matches · 7 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Apr 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Mar 2016
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Mar 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jan 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Oct 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — Manchester City
47 matches · 8 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Manchester City
38 matches · 12 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2014
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Manchester City
49 matches · 24 G · 12 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Manchester City
42 matches · 10 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Manchester City
42 matches · 9 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Barcelona → Man City
10/11 · Transfer · €30.00m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Manchester City
50 matches · 10 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
2010 — FC Barcelona
2 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Barcelona
35 matches · 1 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — FC Barcelona
43 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2008
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Oct 2007
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2007
07/08 — FC Barcelona
38 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Monaco → Barcelona
07/08 · Transfer · €9.00m
Aug 2006
Transfer: Olympiacos → Monaco
06/07 · Transfer · €5.50m
Jul 2006
06/07 — AS Monaco
30 matches · 5 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Olympiacos Piraeus
29 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: Metalurg D. → Olympiacos
05/06 · Transfer · €2.70m
Jul 2004
04/05 — Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015)
28 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2004
Transfer: KSK Beveren → Metalurg D.
03/04 · Transfer · €2.00m
Aug 2003
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2003
03/04 — KSK Beveren (-2010), Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015)
25 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — KSK Beveren (-2010)
31 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — KSK Beveren (-2010)
30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
Transfer: ASEC Mimosas → KSK Beveren
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 2000
Transfer: Mimosas U19 → ASEC Mimosas
00/01 · Transfer
Jul 1998
Transfer: JMG Abidjan → Mimosas U19
98/99 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €36.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 286 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2019. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.33/90
73
Assists3 total · 0.49/90
86
G+A5 total · 0.82/90
83
Yellow cards2 total · 0.33/90
46
16,832 min
Minutes played by club
Qingdao Huanghai 3.2%
FC Barcelona 34.5%
Olympiacos Piraeus 3.5%
Manchester City 40.9%
AS Monaco 2.2%
Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 10.3%
KSK Beveren (-2010) 5.3%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Qingdao Huanghai 1 2019 2019 14 2 3 547
FC Barcelona 4 07/08 2010 118 6 8 5,812
Olympiacos Piraeus 2 05/06 18/19 34 3 1 595
Manchester City 8 10/11 17/18 316 80 45 6,883
AS Monaco 1 06/07 06/07 30 5 7 377
Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 2 03/04 04/05 39 5 4 1,726
KSK Beveren (-2010) 3 01/02 03/04 75 3 4 892

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€9.1M18€18.3M27€27.4M36€36.5M02/03 — 3 goals (KSK Beveren (-2010))02/03 — 2 assists502/0303/04 — 1 goals (Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015))03/04 — 4 assists503/0404/05 — 4 goals (Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015))04/05 — 2 assists604/0505/06 — 3 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)05/06 — 1 assists405/0606/07 — 5 goals (AS Monaco)06/07 — 7 assists1206/0707/08 — 2 goals (FC Barcelona)207/0808/09 — 3 goals (FC Barcelona)08/09 — 1 assists408/0909/10 — 1 goals (FC Barcelona)09/10 — 6 assists709/1010/11 — 10 goals (Manchester City)10/11 — 5 assists1510/1111/12 — 9 goals (Manchester City)11/12 — 9 assists1811/1212/13 — 10 goals (Manchester City)12/13 — 6 assists1612/1313/14 — 24 goals (Manchester City)13/14 — 12 assists3613/1414/15 — 12 goals (Manchester City)14/15 — 1 assists1314/1515/16 — 8 goals (Manchester City)15/16 — 7 assists1515/1616/17 — 7 goals (Manchester City)16/17 — 3 assists1016/1717/18 — 2 assists217/1818/192010 — 1 assists120102019 — 2 goals (Qingdao Huanghai)2019 — 3 assists5201904/05 — €2M05/06 — €4M06/07 — €10M07/08 — €12M08/09 — €20M09/10 — €25M10/11 — €21M11/12 — €29M12/13 — €36.5M13/14 — €36M14/15 — €30M15/16 — €28M16/17 — €20M17/18 — €10M18/19 — €5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

01/02: 0001/0202/03: 3302/0303/04: 1103/0404/05: 4404/0505/06: 3305/0606/07: 5506/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 3308/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 101010/1111/12: 9911/1212/13: 101012/1313/14: 242413/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 8815/1616/17: 7716/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/192010: 0020102019: 222019

Assists by season

01/02: 0001/0202/03: 2202/0303/04: 4403/0404/05: 2204/0505/06: 1105/0606/07: 7706/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 6609/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 9911/1212/13: 6612/1313/14: 121213/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 7715/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 0018/192010: 1120102019: 332019
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2019 League One Qingdao Huanghai 14 2 3 2 1 547
2010 Club World Cup FC Barcelona 2 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Super League 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Manchester City 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Manchester City 10 0 2 1 0 0
16/17 Champions League Manchester City 1 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Qu. Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Manchester City 4 2 2 1 0 187
16/17 Premier League Manchester City 25 5 0 4 0 390
15/16 Champions League Manchester City 10 1 2 0 0 742
15/16 League Cup Manchester City 5 1 0 1 0 455
15/16 Premier League Manchester City 32 6 5 3 0 389
14/15 Champions League Manchester City 5 1 0 0 1 424
14/15 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Manchester City 2 1 0 0 0 124
14/15 Premier League Manchester City 29 10 1 5 0 236
13/14 Champions League Manchester City 7 1 0 3 0 556
13/14 FA Cup Manchester City 4 0 1 2 0 0
13/14 League Cup Manchester City 3 3 2 0 0 67
13/14 Premier League Manchester City 35 20 9 4 0 146
12/13 Champions League Manchester City 5 1 1 3 0 450
12/13 Community Shield Manchester City 1 1 0 0 0 90
12/13 FA Cup Manchester City 4 1 0 2 0 360
12/13 Premier League Manchester City 32 7 5 6 0 404
11/12 Champions League Manchester City 6 3 0 1 0 172
11/12 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Europa League Manchester City 3 0 3 3 0 0
11/12 Premier League Manchester City 32 6 6 8 0 441
10/11 Europa League Manchester City 7 1 1 1 0 555
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 FA Cup Manchester City 7 3 1 0 0 200
10/11 Premier League Manchester City 35 6 3 3 0 495
09/10 Champions League FC Barcelona 8 0 2 1 0 0
09/10 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 LaLiga FC Barcelona 23 1 4 3 0 1,491
09/10 Supercopa FC Barcelona 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 UEFA Super Cup FC Barcelona 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Champions League FC Barcelona 10 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Champions League Qu. FC Barcelona 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 6 1 0 4 0 539
08/09 LaLiga FC Barcelona 25 2 1 5 0 954
07/08 Champions League FC Barcelona 9 1 0 3 0 761
07/08 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 3 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 LaLiga FC Barcelona 26 1 0 7 0 2,067
06/07 Coupe de France AS Monaco 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 27 5 7 2 1 377
05/06 A' Ethniki Olympiacos Piraeus 20 3 0 3 0 595
05/06 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 6 0 1 1 0 0
05/06 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 3 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 UEFA Cup Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 2 1 0 0 0 115
04/05 Ukrainian Cup Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 2 1 0 0 0 165
04/05 Vyshcha Liga Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 22 2 2 2 1 681
03/04 Beker van België KSK Beveren (-2010) 2 0 0 1 0 0
03/04 Jupiler League KSK Beveren (-2010) 12 0 2 3 0 0
03/04 Vyshcha Liga Metalurg Donetsk (- 2015) 11 1 2 0 0 765
02/03 Beker van België KSK Beveren (-2010) 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Jupiler League KSK Beveren (-2010) 30 3 2 7 0 892
01/02 Beker van België KSK Beveren (-2010) 2 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Jupiler League KSK Beveren (-2010) 28 0 0 3 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
98/99 1998-07-01 JMG Abidjan Mimosas U19 Transfer 0
00/01 2000-07-01 Mimosas U19 ASEC Mimosas Transfer 0
01/02 2001-07-01 ASEC Mimosas KSK Beveren Transfer 0
03/04 2004-01-01 KSK Beveren Metalurg D. Transfer 0 €2.00m
05/06 2005-07-01 Metalurg D. Olympiacos Transfer 2000000 €2.70m
06/07 2006-08-15 Olympiacos Monaco Transfer 8000000 €5.50m
07/08 2007-07-01 Monaco Barcelona Transfer 11000000 €9.00m
10/11 2010-07-02 Barcelona Man City Transfer 18000000 €30.00m
18/19 2018-09-02 Man City Olympiacos Transfer 2500000
18/19 2018-12-11 Olympiacos Without Club Transfer 1000000
19/20 2019-07-03 Without Club QD Huanghai Transfer 1000000
19/20 2020-01-01 QD Huanghai Retired Transfer 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
03/04 unknown injury 2003-08-07 2003-09-01 26 4
07/08 Thigh problems 2007-10-01 2007-10-25 25 5
07/08 Herniated disc 2008-03-10 2008-03-20 11 2
13/14 Thigh problems 2014-04-24 2014-05-15 22 4
15/16 minor knock 2015-10-01 2015-10-05 5 1
15/16 minor knock 2015-11-30 2015-12-07 8 2
15/16 Rest 2016-01-07 2016-01-11 5 1
15/16 Rest 2016-01-28 2016-02-01 5 2
15/16 Rest 2016-02-18 2016-02-22 5 1
15/16 minor knock 2016-02-29 2016-03-03 4 1
15/16 minor knock 2016-03-10 2016-03-14 5 1
15/16 Knee injury 2016-03-21 2016-04-07 18 4
15/16 Hamstring strain 2016-04-25 2016-05-02 8 2
Current
Peak€36.50m
Low
Δ since start−€2.00m
€9.13m€18.25m€27.38m€36.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €28.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €36.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €36.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €35.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €29.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €21.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #25249 1 1 former national player
Team #3591 #19 97 19 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
James Milner 2 2 0
Edin Džeko 2 7 0
Gareth Barry 2 1 0
Lionel Messi 2 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 Premier League Manchester City 20 35
14/15 Premier League Manchester City 10 29
12/13 Premier League Manchester City 7 32

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
13/14 Premier League Manchester City 9 35
06/07 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 7 27
11/12 Premier League Manchester City 6 32

Teams faced most often by Yaya Touré's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Arsenal FC 38 13 8 17 52 56 -4 34%
Chelsea FC 34 8 6 20 29 53 -24 24%
Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 4 16 50 47 +3 38%
Manchester United 30 12 6 12 44 37 +7 40%
Everton FC 30 10 7 13 34 36 -2 33%
Liverpool FC 30 6 10 14 33 44 -11 20%
Aston Villa 28 19 4 5 59 23 +36 68%
Newcastle United 26 18 4 4 56 21 +35 69%
West Ham United 24 14 5 5 40 18 +22 58%
Sunderland AFC 24 17 3 4 51 21 +30 71%
Paris Saint-Germain 24 11 9 4 46 32 +14 46%
Fulham FC 24 11 9 4 51 31 +20 46%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
01/02 Senior debut season
02/03 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)
16/17 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2019 14 547 2 0 1 0.49
17/18 17 0 2 0 0 0
16/17 31 577 5 0 0 0.78
15/16 47 1,586 4 0 0 0.23
14/15 38 784 5 0 1 0.69
13/14 49 769 9 0 0 1.05
12/13 42 1,304 11 0 0 0.76
11/12 42 613 13 0 0 1.91
10/11 50 1,250 4 0 0 0.29
09/10 35 1,491 5 0 0 0.3
08/09 43 1,493 10 0 0 0.6
07/08 38 2,828 10 0 0 0.32
06/07 30 377 2 0 1 0.72
05/06 29 595 5 0 0 0.76
04/05 28 961 2 1 1 0.37
03/04 25 765 4 0 0 0.47
02/03 31 892 7 0 0 0.71
01/02 30 0 3 1 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
230 apps
60 G
31 A
Champions League
70 apps
8 G
7 A
FA Cup
20 apps
6 G
4 A
Ligue 1
27 apps
5 G
7 A
League Cup
14 apps
5 G
2 A
LaLiga
74 apps
4 G
5 A
Jupiler League
70 apps
3 G
4 A
Vyshcha Liga
33 apps
3 G
4 A
Super League 1
22 apps
3 G
0 A
League One
14 apps
2 G
3 A

Frequently asked about Yaya Touré

Who is Yaya Touré?

Yaya Touré is a Cote d'Ivoire professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Retired.

How old is Yaya Touré?

Yaya Touré is 43 years old. He was born on May 13, 1983 in Bouaké.

What position does Yaya Touré play?

Yaya Touré plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Yaya Touré play for?

Yaya Touré currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Yaya Touré scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Yaya Touré has scored 104 goals in 626 appearances.