Clémentine Touré

Clémentine Touré (born 21 March 1977) is an Ivorian former international footballer and the current head coach of the Ivory Coast women's national football team. She has also previously coached the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team.

Clémentine Touré
Personal information
Full name Clémentine Touré
Date of birth (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977
Place of birth Ferkessédougou, Ivory Coast
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2002 Ivory Coast 22
Teams managed
Years Team
2004–2006 Jeanne d'Arc Treichville (assistant coach)
2006 Koumassi Amazons
2006–2008 Águilas Verdes de Guadalupe
2008–2010 Equatorial Guinea women
2010 – Ivory Coast women

Personal life

At elementary school, Touré decided she enjoyed playing football.[1] Her father played professional football, and her two brothers played football too.[2] Touré has a degree in physical education.[2]

Career

Playing career

As a player, Touré played for a number of Ivorian clubs, as well as in Ghana, where she won three league titles.[3] She made 22 appearances for the Ivory Coast women's national football team between 1995 and 2002.[3][2]

Coaching career

Touré's coaching career began in 2004 as an assistant coach at Jeanne d'Arc Treichville.[1][3] In 2006, she was appointed head coach of the Koumassi Amazons, with whom she won the Ivorian League.[1] The press questioned her appointment as head coach, primarily due to her gender.[2] In 2006, Touré moved to Equatorial Guinea to coach Águilas Verdes de Guadalupe.[3] In 2008, she became head coach of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team. During her reign, the team won the 2008 African Women's Championship,[1][3] and came second at the 2010 African Women's Championship.[3] In 2010, Touré was appointed head coach of the Ivory Coast women's national football team.[3][2] During her reign as head coach, the team qualified for the 2012 African Women's Championship, where they finished third overall,[2] the 2014 African Women's Championship,[1] and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3] Touré was one of eight female head coaches at the 24-team 2015 World Cup.[4] Prior to the tournament, the national team had never played a match outside Africa,[4] and in their first match, Ivory Coast lost a record 10–0 to Germany.[2]

At The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018, Touré was on the panel to award The Best FIFA Women's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Coach awards.[5] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Touré supported a FIFA and World Health Organization initiative against domestic violence during lockdowns.[6]

References
  1. Kacoubi, Alexis (19 November 2016). "Clémentine Touré, L'amour fou du ballon rond !". RH Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. Schué, Romaine (8 June 2015). "Football : Clémentine Touré, la revanche d'une ambitieuse". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. "Côte d'Ivoire's Clementine Toure ready for Canada". FIFA. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. Kessel, Anna (19 June 2015). "Ivory Coast exit Women's World Cup as Africa pleads for more support". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. "Ronaldo, Kaká e Parreira serão jurados no prêmio de Melhor do Mundo da FIFA". Fox Sports (in Portuguese). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. "FIFA and WHO launch campaign to help domestic violence victims amid coronavirus lockdown". Goal. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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