Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré is an Ivorian retired footballer, born in Bouaké in 1983. ¹ A midfielder, he was part of the Barcelona team that won six trophies in 2009 and then drove Manchester City to their first league title in 44 years in 2012; he was named African Footballer of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, won 100 caps for Ivory Coast and captained them to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations title. ¹ The sources identify him generically as a Muslim and name no school for him, so his data record records his faith as unknown. ¹²

Touré played in Belgium, Ukraine, Greece and France — for Beveren, Metalurh Donetsk, Olympiacos and Monaco — before joining Barcelona in 2007, where he won two league titles and the 2009 Champions League in the six-trophy season. ¹ At Manchester City from 2010 he scored the only goals in the 2011 FA Cup semi-final and final and helped the club to the 2011–12 Premier League title, its first in 44 years; he left in 2018 and closed his career at Olympiacos and Qingdao Huanghai. ¹

Touré won 100 caps for Ivory Coast between 2004 and 2015, playing at three World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, and captained the side to the 2015 title. ¹ He is the younger brother of Kolo Touré, his teammate at Manchester City and for the national side. ¹

The English article's personal life section states in one sentence that “Touré is Muslim”, and its categories file him among Ivorian Muslims; the French article mentions the non-alcoholic alternative offered to Muslim players without stating his religion, and the Arabic article's text is silent, filing him only by category. ¹³⁴ Wikidata gives his religion simply as Islam. ² A single generic statement and category filings are not two sources naming a school, so his record states his faith as unknown. ¹

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