Abdou Doumbia (born 7 June 1990) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie C Group B club Virtus Entella.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Le Blanc-Mesnil, France | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Virtus Entella | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
Blanc Mesnil[1] | |||
2006–2007 | Paris FC[1] | ||
2007–2008 | Noisy-le-Sec[1] | ||
2008–2009 | Pescara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Pescara | 0 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Santegidiese | 32 | (8) |
2010–2012 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Atletico Roma (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011 | → Ascoli (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Como (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Siena | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → San Marino (loan) | 30 | (7) |
2013–2014 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Lecce (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2014–2019 | Lecce | 85 | (17) |
2017–2018 | → Livorno (loan) | 32 | (9) |
2019–2020 | Reggina | 25 | (3) |
2020–2022 | Carrarese | 47 | (5) |
2022– | Virtus Entella | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 |
Born in France with French father and Malian mother,[3] Doumbia spent most of his youth career in a suburb of Paris. He started his career with a club in Le Blanc-Mesnil at age of 8, and spent 1 year each in Paris FC and Noisy-le-Sec.[1] Doumbia left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pescara in 2008-09 season. Mainly a player of Berretti team, he made his first team debut on 8 October 2008, a Coppa Italia Lega Pro match that won Celano 4–0.[4] He also played the second match that 3–5 lost to Foggia.[5]
With Pescara, he scored 14 goals for the youth team.[3]
Doumbia played for Serie D side Santegidiese in 2009–10 season, scoring 8 goals,[6] his performance made Serie A side Parma offered him a contract near the end of season.[3]
Doumbia formally under contract with Parma on 1 July 2010. In July 2010 he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Atletico Roma on loan for €1,000,[7] along with Gianluca Lapadula (loan), Abel Gigli (co-ownership deal for €500[7]) and Alessio Tombesi (co-ownership deal for €50,000[7]); as part of the deal that Lega Pro Seconda Divisione top-scorer Daniel Ciofani moved to opposite direction in another co-ownership deal for €300,000.[6][7][8]
Doumbia made his club debut on 8 August 2010, the opening match of the season. He replaced Francesco Mazzarani at extra time, which Atletico Roma lost 1–2 to Cremonese in the Coppa Italia match.[9]
On 11 January 2011 he was signed by Ascoli on loan for the remainder of the season.[10]
In July 2011,[11] he joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Como Calcio on a season-long loan deal.
In June–July 2012 Parma and Siena made cashless player swap,[12] which saw Parma signed Gonçalo Brandão, Giuseppe Pacini, Andrea Rossi and Alessandro Iacobucci; while Siena signed Doumbia, Alberto Galuppo, Manuel Coppola and Paolo Hernán Dellafiore; both clubs also retained 50% registration rights on their players. 50% registration rights of both Doumbia and Pacini were tagged for €500,000;[12][13] Doumbia left for San Marino Calcio in temporary deal soon after. In June 2013, the 8 co-ownership deals were renewed.
In July 2013 Doumbia returned to Siena for the pre-season camp. On 30 July he left the camp in order to finalize a new transfer.[14] On 20 August 2013 Doumbia returned to Parma outright for €100,000 (equal to the revenue received by Parma from Iacobucci).[15][16] On 27 August 2013 Lecce announced the temporary deal of Doumbia,[17] which Lecce also received €260,000 from Parma as premi di valorizzazione.[18] On 30 June 2014 Lecce signed Doumbia outright for €1 million;[18] Parma signed Daniele Casiraghi in the same deal also for €1 million.[18][19] On 29 August 2016 Doumbia signed a new 2-year contract.[20]
Doumbia spent four seasons at U.S. Lecce, amassing a total of 111 league appearances and 17 league goals.
In July 2017 he moved to Livorno, in the Serie C, on loan.[21]
He returned to Lecce for the 2018-19 season, but was not included in the squad for the Serie B campaign. In January 2019 he moved to Serie C side Reggina on a permanent basis.
On 21 September 2020, he signed with Carrarese.[22]
On 1 September 2022, Doumbia moved to Virtus Entella.[23]
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