At 36, the former Ivorian international is launching a new challenge in an exotic championship.

Announced in retirement by his agent at the beginning of the year, Yaya Touré took a few days after several tributes from both sides of the globe to reconsider his decision or deny the information.

In the middle of the summer transfer window in Europe, he therefore put his money where his mouth was and signed in Chinese D2 with Qingdao Huanghai, a club with which he had been training for more than six weeks. The club is currently leader of the Chinese second division, after 15 days.

In an official press release he announced his decision in these terms: “Since the beginning of my football career, I have always liked challenges and I have now decided to take up this one and write history once moreover with the Qingdao Huanghai Football Club. It’s a very exciting young club with a lot of potential and we share the same philosophy, which is to play good football. »

With a track record worthy of the greatest footballers which has seen him pass through major European clubs like Barcelona (A Champions League won in 2009), Manchester City (Club where he spent 8 seasons and reached the point of organ of his career), Monaco and Olympiacos; Yaya Touré also valiantly defended the colors of his country Côte d’Ivoire with a CAN (African Cup of Nations) won in 2015.
A year later, he retired from international football after scoring 19 goals in 102 appearances and winning the title of “African Player of the Year” four years in a row, from 2011 to 2014.

A career that commands admiration that will probably end in China.
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Originally posted 2019-07-03 14:40:01.

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