Pa Dembo Touray (born 31 March 1980,), is the goalkeeper coach of Prespa Birlik. He is a former Gambian football goalkeeper and national team player for Gambia.
Club career Touray, an English spelling of the name "Touré", began his footballing career with Real de Banjul F.C. in Gambia. In 2000, he moved to Stockholm in Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF in the highest domestic league, Allsvenskan. Touray spent two respective loan spells with Assyriska FF and Vålerenga IF before returning to Djurgårdens IF following the sale of Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson.
After Isaksson's departure, Touray was handed an extended run in the team, and since maintained his position as first-choice goalkeeper at the club. He was also rewarded with the club captaincy after several seasons of consistency and following the 2011 season was selected as the top goalkeeper in the Allsvenskan. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, after a decade at Djurgårdens IF Touray left the club having appeared in 195 league matches.
Touray is one of the most celebrated fan-favorites of Djurgårdens IF, having stayed at the club for more than a decade & during one of the club's most successful spells in history. Touray is also well known for singing the West African song "Kamala, Kamala Vesta" as a victory chant, sung by Touray & repeated by the singing stand, which has become a tradition for the club ever since.
International career Touray has been capped 25 times for Gambia.
Career statistics
+ Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Banjul 1998–99 0 0 0 0 1999–00 0 0 0 0Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Djurgården 2000 Superettan 1 0 2 0 3 0Total 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0Assyriska (loan) 2001 Superettan 29 0 29 0 2002 30 0 30 0Total 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0Total 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0Vålerenga (loan) 2004 Tippeligaen 11 0 11 0Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0Djurgården 2004 Allsvenskan 17 0 3 0 6 0 3 0 29 0 2005 26 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 31 1 2006 25 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 34 0 2007 26 0 0 0 26 0 2008 23 0 2 0 4 0 29 0 2009 25 0 1 0 2 0 28 0 2010 23 0 0 0 23 0 2011 29 0 2 0 31 0Total 194 1 11 0 14 0 12 0 231 1Engen Santos 2011–12 National First Division 14 0 2 0 4 0 20 0 2012–13 28 0 1 0 3 0 32 0 2013–14 8 0 2 0 10 0 2014–15 2 0 2 0Total 52 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 64 0Career total 317 1 21 0 14 0 19 0 371 1
Honours Djurgårdens IF Superettan: 2000 Allsvenskan: 2003, 2005 Svenska Cupen: 2004, 2005 Individual Årets Järnkamin: 2006, 2010
References
External links Profile at Djurgårdens IF site