Yaya Touré Life Story

Yaya Touré 

Yaya Touré Gnégnéri (born on May 13, 1983), commonly known as Yaya Touré, is the Ivory Coast footballer who plays as midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and Cote d'Ivoire national team. He played with Yaya Touré's name on his jersey.
He was known for combining the speed and physical power of the technique and has 58 caps for the Ivory Coast, representing the team in their first appearance at the FIFA World Cup, the competition in 2006 and the year 2010. He is the brother of Côte d'Ivoire and Manchester City team-mate Kolo Touré. He also has a brother named Ibrahim, who now plays for Egyptian side Makasa.

Career Club


Early career

Touré joined ASEC Mimosas youth academy in 1996 at the recommendation of the term mentor Patrick van Reijendam. He then moved to Europe where he played for Belgian side Beveren for two and a half years and then for one and a half years in the Ukraine side Metalurh Donetsk.


Olympiacos

Touré then moved to Olympiacos in 2005. He is nicknamed "the new Patrick Vieira" by his brother. Prior to joining Olympiacos, Touré has a trial with Arsenal, starting in the game against Barnet, but then the manager Arsene Wenger failed to sign him. Unlike the report said this was because he could not get a work permit or for Wenger believes he is "completely average" is said to be a joke in an interview Wenger.


Monaco

After representing Côte d'Ivoire at the 2006 World Cup, Touré was signed by the French Ligue 1 side Monaco in August 2006.  He played at the Stade Louis II for one season before leaving for Barcelona.



Barcelona

Touré joined Spanish side Barcelona for € 9 million and make an official debut for the club on August 26, 2007 during the opening league match against Racing de Santander.
In game 2007 Joan Gamper Cup against Internazionale Italy, Touré scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 5-0 victory. He scored his first goal with Barcelona official in the La Liga match against Athletic Club on 2 September 2007. His first goal in the Champions League for Barca was against Schalke in the final quarter of 2007-08. The goal proved to terminate the relationship and Barcelona advanced to the semi-final match against Manchester United, which they then lost 1-0 over two legs.
At the start of the season 2008-09, the newly appointed manager Josep Guardiola favored Sergio Busquets in the role of central defensive trio Barcelona. In the 2009 Champions League Final, he played center back due to injuries and suspensions a first choice defender, although only played there twice before to Barcelona. At the end of June 2010 Barcelona confirmed that Touré was allowed to leave the club in the summer.


Manchester City

On July 2, Touré signed a five-year contract with Manchester City to pay around £ 24 million has been allocated squad number 42, the back of his jersey sported the number 24 in Barcelona, ​​since Patrick Vieira has been allocated amount. The move is to work with brother Kolo Touré old, who signed for City in July 2009. On July 28, Touré made his first City in a pre-season friendly match against Club América, which City won 4-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw with Mexico side.  In his first on August 7, in another friendly match against Valencia, he was named man tournament.



On August 14, 2010, Touré make the Premier League debut in a 0-0 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.A weeks later, Touré impressed in the 3-0 defeat of Liverpool at Eastlands, form part of the middle three men with Gareth Barry and Nigel de Jong.  On 19 September, Touré scored the first goal against Wigan Athletic.The have scored in the 70th minute and Touré was assisted by Carlos Tevez, who scored in the match.


Recently, Touré has seen has taken a more attacking position under Roberto Mancini and had reveled so far, setting up Tevez against Bolton Wanderers. He scored a brilliant left-footed drive against West Ham United and soon scored a second, which was later credited as an own goal because the ball back to the office and come back Robert Green. He scored the third goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a pleasant move counter-attack, with Yaya make up 90 yards to latch into a ball and fire past goalkeeper if, with Manchester City finally won the 4-3.Touré '5 goal for City came in 25 February in the Europa League game against Aris Thessaloniki, strike deflected goal to make the score 3-0 to City.


On 16 April 2011, Touré scored the only goal in the game Man Match performance against Manchester United in the FA Cup Wembley semi final.Touré continued success with the single goal in his team a 1-0 win over Stoke City FA Cup Final in 2011, ending a 35-year wait Manchester City for a major trophy, and wrote himself into the story of the people of Manchester City in the process.


2011-12 season started strong as Manchester City ahead of schedule for the majority of this season, with Touré plays an important role in the middle. His efforts were rewarded as he was crowned African Player of the Year 2011, an impressive achievement for a midfielder, since the 12 previous awards have gone to Africa before.


On January 3, 2012, in a match against Liverpool, Touré scored both City game, a header in the 33rd minute from the perspective of David Silva. He then fouled for the penalty that made the score 3-0 to City.


On January 5, it was announced that Touré will leave for African Nations Cup and will miss the FA Cup third City round clash with bitter rivals Manchester United.


Commenting on Sky Sports News after the targeted by racist mobs during the UEFA Europa League tie at Porto in February 2012 (his first game back with the City after the African Nations Cup), Touré speaks his love for playing football in England: "That's why we like the English Premier League, it never happens there ".