Previously considered to be a rather unspectacular defensive midfielder, Yaya Toure took his game to another level when he joined Manchester City from Barcelona, becoming one of the Citizens most influential players of the past decade.
The Ivorian midfielder was the outstanding individual during City’s first two Premier League triumphs and became only the second midfielder to score 20 goals in a single Premier season in 2014. Despite gradually falling out of favour following the arrival of Pep Guardiola, he was able to secure one more league title in 2018 before moving on to Olympiacos.
Stats:
Club goals: 103
Club assists: 70
Match: 626
Ivory Coast national team:
Goals: 19
Matches: 97
Achievements:
4X AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
1X AFRICA CUP WINNER
1X CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER
1X FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP WINNER
3X ENGLISH CHAMPION
2X SPANISH CHAMPION
1X UEFA SUPERCUP WINNER
1X ENGLISH FA CUP WINNER
1X SPANISH CUP WINNER
3X ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP WINNER
1X SPANISH SUPER CUP WINNER
1X ENGLISH SUPER CUP WINNER
1X GREEK CHAMPION
1X GREEK CUP WINNER
Yorokiri
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This guy was a joy to watch, especially when running with the ball..
Cawilosu
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one of the greatest attacking MF of all time, versatile with passing precision
hoaeilmt
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I have been waiting for long to see whether an article would be written about Yaya Toure. He achieved so much in his footballing career and seems rare sports journalist write about him.