title: Sadio Tounkara
text: # Sadio Tounkara
  
  Sadio Tounkara (born 27 April 1992) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  ### Club
  
  Tounkara played for a Mali academy from the age of 12 to 15, before signing for then signed for Malian Second Division side Jeanne d'Arc, earning promotion to the Malian Première Division for the 2008/09 season. During the winter of the 2011–12 season, Tounkara signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Khazar Lankaran. After leaving Enosis Neon Paralimni, Tounkara spent six-months without a club before being linked with a return to the Azerbaijan Premier League with AZAL, signing a six-month contract, with an optional year, with AZAL on 1 December 2016.
  
  On 4 September 2017, Zira FK announced the signing of Tounkara on a two-year contract.
  
  On 27 February 2020, Tounkara signed a one-year contract with Estonian club Narva Trans.
  
  On 13 January 2021, Tounkara signed for Keşla until the end of the 2020–21 season.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
      As of match played 24 May 2021
  
  Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
  
  | Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Khazar Lankaran | 2011–12 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 |
  | Khazar Lankaran | 2012–13 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 5 |
  | Khazar Lankaran | 2013–14 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
  | Khazar Lankaran | 2014–15 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 3 |
  | Khazar Lankaran | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 |
  | Khazar Lankaran | Total | Total | 106 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 17 |
  | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 2015–16 | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
  | AZAL | 2016–17 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
  | Zira | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 |
  | Zira | 2018–19 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 2 |
  | Zira | Total | Total | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 5 |
  | Narva Trans | 2020 | Meistriliiga | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 3 |
  | Keşla | 2020–21 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 2 |
  | Keşla | 2021–22 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
  | Keşla | Total | Total | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 2 |
  | Career total | Career total | Career total | 196 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 27 |
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Club
  
  **Khazar Lankaran**
  
  * Azerbaijan Supercup: 2013
  