{"id":8661,"date":"2015-08-29T19:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=8661"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:12:17","slug":"yaya-toure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/yaya-toure","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Tour\u00e9 Opts Out Of The Ivorian Football Team. Is He Considering Retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Ivory Coast&#8217;s former captain is not injured, nor is he sick, he simply asked his coach not be included in the squad.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Period Of Reflection<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dussuyer told the press that Tour\u00e9 was thinking about his international future.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the moment he&#8217;s in a period of reflection about his international future,&#8221; the coach said.&#8221;I met him in London and told him I was counting on him [&#8230;] He&#8217;s a big player and the captain of the team. I hope he&#8217;ll continue his adventure with us.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game will take place,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/0\/football\/33987023\">\u00a0<\/a>Lagos, Nigeria because the Sierra Leonian team is banned from hosting games at home due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/last-ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Ebola crisis<\/a>. The other players who do not figure on Dussuyer&#8217;s list are Newcastle&#8217;s Cheick Tiote, Siaka Tiene, Wilfried Bony and Lacina Traore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8669\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443-429x300.jpg 429w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443-85x59.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/04\/15\/article-1377467-0BA5430500000578-761_634x443.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>An International Career Full Of Accomplishments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>During his international career, Yaya Tour\u00e9 has won 100 caps, he was the team&#8217;s captain when Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations final last February. It was the first time that the Ivorians win this championship in 23 years. In 1992, the Elephants won the Africa Cup of Nations final in Senegal against Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Yaya Tour\u00e9, who is now 32, has participated to three World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations trophies. He scored a total of 19 goals for his country.\u00a0He won the\u00a0African Footballer of the Year\u00a0award in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Tour\u00e9 was also nominated in the Personality of the Year category at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/mama-2015\" target=\"_blank\">2015 MTV Africa Music Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8671\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029-472x300.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reporterntv.ro\/imagini\/2015\/02\/10\/big\/cupa-a-ajuns-pe-coasta-selectionata-coastei-de-fildes-castigatoarea-cupei-africii-pe-natiuni-a-avut-parte-de-o-primire-de-vis-la-intoarcerea-acasa-116029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"headline\">Watch A Video Of One Of Tour\u00e9&#8217;s Fantastic Goals During The Africa Cup Of Nations 2015<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yaya Toure Fantastic Goal - D.R Congo vs Ivory Coast 1-1 ( African Cup of Nations ) 2015 HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gp8A7mvPZiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__main tonal__main tonal__main--tone-news\" style=\"text-align: center\">[interaction id=&#8221;55e2082e47016b292e327d1f&#8221;]<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__main tonal__main tonal__main--tone-news\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/11-of-the-greatest-african-football-players-of-all-time\">SEE ALSO:\u00a011 Of The Greatest African Football Players Of All Time.<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"content__main tonal__main tonal__main--tone-news\"><\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Dussuyer, Ivory Coast&#8217;s football coach, recently published the list of players that are going<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[108,36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yaya Tour\u00e9 Opts Out Of The Ivorian Football Team. 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