Chérif Touré Mamam

Cherif-Touré Mamam (born 13 January 1978) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the Togo national team.

Cherif-Touré Mamam
Personal information
Full name Cherif-Touré Mamam[1]
Date of birth (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978[2][3]
Place of birth Mango, Togo
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1996 Étoile Filante de Lomé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Eintracht Frankfurt
1998–1999 Marseille
1999–2000 Al-Jazeera
2000 Al-Nasr
2001 Hannover 96 3 (0)
2001–2005 Livingston 31 (3)
2005–2006 Metz 10 (0)
2006–2007 Rapid București 0 (0)
2007–2008 Al-Jazeera 16 (3)
2008–2011 MC Alger 7 (0)
2009 → Al-Oruba (loan) 18 (0)
International career
1998–2009 Togo 36 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

During his time at Livingston, Touré wore number 91. This is said to be his lucky number from his childhood as he had a basketball shirt bearing that number. He also had "Sheriff" on the shirt but the Scottish Premier League ordered him to use his real name. His most memorable moment at Livingston was scoring twice in a 5–1 win at Motherwell in October 2002.[4]

Touré was in January 2005 on a trial with Norwegian club SK Brann, where he claimed that he was born in 1985 and that he had never played for any clubs in Europe, despite having previously played for the Scottish side Livingston where he was registered as born in 1981.[5] One of Brann's players, Charlie Miller who had previously played for Dundee United, asked him if he was the same player as the one who used to play for Livingston, but Toure denied this.[6]

International career

Touré was a member of the Togo national team and played in the 1998, 2000, 2006 African Cup of Nations, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He is the only Togolese player in history to score a goal for Togo at a FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

His brother Souleymane Mamam also plays for the Togolese National side. Although Mamam is the family name, Cherif Touré has his Christian names on the back of his shirt.

References
  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Penpix of Togo's World Cup squad". Rediff.com. Reuters. 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. "Cherif Touré Mamam". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. "Livi floor Motherwell". BBC. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. Bergersen, Tormod (17 January 2005). "Ny alder: 22 år" [New age: 22 years] (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  6. Kville, Geir (16 January 2005). "Narret av Sheriffen" [Fouled by the Sheriff] (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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