{{Short description|French footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abdou Doumbia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|7}} | birth_place = Le Blanc-Mesnil, France | height = {{height|m=1.76}} | position = Winger, forward | currentclub = Caravaggio | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Blanc Mesnil<ref name=Blanc>{{cite press release|url=http://www.blancmesnil-sport-football.com/des-nouvelles-dabdou-doumbia|title=Des nouvelles d'Abdou DOUMBIA|date=9 October 2009|accessdate=16 August 2010|publisher=Blanc Mesnil Sport Football|language=French|url-status=unfit|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013102114/http://www.blancmesnil-sport-football.com/des-nouvelles-dabdou-doumbia|archivedate=13 October 2009}}</ref> | youthyears2 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs2 = Paris FC<ref name=Blanc/> | youthyears3 = 2007–2008 | youthclubs3 = Noisy-le-Sec<ref name=Blanc/> | youthyears4 = 2008–2009 | youthclubs4 = Pescara | years1 = 2008–2009 | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Pescara | years2 = 2009–2010 | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 8 | clubs2 = Santegidiese | years3 = 2010–2012 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Parma | years4 = 2010–2011 | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Atletico Roma (loan) | years5 = 2011 | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Ascoli (loan) | years6 = 2011–2012 | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = → Como (loan) | years7 = 2012–2013 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Siena | years8 = 2012–2013 | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 7 | clubs8 = → San Marino (loan) | years9 = 2013–2014 | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Parma | years10 = 2013–2014 | caps10 = 25 | goals10 = 2 | clubs10 = → Lecce (loan) | years11 = 2014–2019 | caps11 = 85 | goals11 = 17 | clubs11 = Lecce | years12 = 2017–2018 | caps12 = 32 | goals12 = 9 | clubs12 = → Livorno (loan) | years13 = 2019–2020 | caps13 = 25 | goals13 = 3 | clubs13 = Reggina | years14 = 2020–2022 | caps14 = 47 | goals14 = 5 | clubs14 = Carrarese | years15 = 2022–2023 | caps15 = 5 | goals15 = 0 | clubs15 = Virtus Entella | years16 = 2023 | caps16 = 11 | goals16 = 0 | clubs16 = Pergolettese | pcupdate = 20:32, 10 November 2023 (UTC) | clubs17 = Caravaggio | years17 = 2023– | caps17 = 0 | goals17 = 0 }} '''Abdou Doumbia''' (born 7 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serie D club Caravaggio.
==Career== Born in France with French father and Malian mother,<ref name=Parma/> Doumbia spent most of his youth career in a suburb of Paris. He started his career with a club in Le Blanc-Mesnil aged eight, and spent a year each in Paris FC and Noisy-le-Sec.<ref name=Blanc/> 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.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1988&Itemid=2|title=CELANO-PESCARA: 0-4|date=8 October 2008|accessdate=16 August 2010|publisher=Pescara Calcio|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151034/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1988&Itemid=2|archive-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also played the second match that 3–5 lost to Foggia.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2029&Itemid=2|title=Foggia-Pescara 5-3|date=29 October 2008|accessdate=16 August 2010|publisher=Pescara Calcio|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151103/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2029&Itemid=2|archive-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
With Pescara, he scored 14 goals for the youth team.<ref name=Parma/>
Doumbia played for Serie D side Santegidiese in 2009–10 season, scoring 8 goals,<ref name=Cisco/> his performance made Serie A side Parma offered him a contract near the end of season.<ref name=Parma>{{cite news|url=http://www.abruzzocalciodilettanti.it/NewsDett.asp?cod=11194 |title=ABDOU DOUMBIA, IL SOGNO-PARMA SI AVVERA |date=13 April 2010 |accessdate=16 August 2010 |work=AbruzzoCalcioDilettanti.it |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722023459/http://www.abruzzocalciodilettanti.it/NewsDett.asp?cod=11194 |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref>
===Parma=== 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,<ref name=Parma2011bilancio>{{cite book|title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio al 2011-06-30|trans-title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2011|url=https://www.registroimprese.it|date=2011|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Parma|format=PDF|language=Italian|url-access=subscription }}</ref> along with Gianluca Lapadula (loan), Abel Gigli (co-ownership deal for €500<ref name=Parma2011bilancio/>) and Alessio Tombesi (co-ownership deal for €50,000<ref name=Parma2011bilancio/>); 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.<ref name=Cisco>{{cite press release|url=http://www.ciscocalcioroma.it/news.php?nid=4920|title=ATLETICO ROMA: QUATTRO COLPI DI MERCATO CHE ARRIVANO DA PARMA |date=9 July 2010|accessdate=16 August 2010|publisher=Atletico Roma F.C.|language=Italian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725025559/http://www.ciscocalcioroma.it/news.php?nid=4920|archivedate=25 July 2010|url-status=unfit}}</ref><ref name=Parma2011bilancio/><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.fcparma.com/settore-giovanile/archivio-settore-giovanile/7060-il-punto-sul-mercato-delle-giovanili-del-parma.html |title=Il punto sul mercato delle formazioni giovanili del Parma |date=10 July 2010 |accessdate=16 August 2010 |publisher=Parma F.C. |language=Italian |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005151216/http://fcparma.com/settore-giovanile/archivio-settore-giovanile/7060-il-punto-sul-mercato-delle-giovanili-del-parma.html |archivedate=5 October 2010 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it//2010/agosto/09/ALTRE_PARTITE_ga_10_100809042.shtml|title=Altre partite|trans-title=Other games|date=9 August 2010|access-date=26 November 2017|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|publication-place=Milan|last1=Leone|first1=Valter|last2=Campitello|first2=Salvatore|language=Italian}}</ref>
On 11 January 2011 he was signed by Ascoli on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp?id=6246 |title=Ufficiale: Doumbia e Calderoni bianconeri |trans-title=Official: Doumbia & Calderoni (to) the White-Blacks |date=11 January 2011 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=Ascoli Calcio 1898 |language=Italian |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309164932/http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp?id=6246 |archivedate=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>
In July 2011,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.calciocomo1907.it/it/news.aspx?id=1511 |title=Prosegue la preparazione. Domani prima amichevole. |date=29 July 2011 |accessdate=28 August 2013 |publisher=Como Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928042107/http://www.calciocomo1907.it/it/news.aspx?id=1511 |archivedate=28 September 2011 }}</ref> he joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Como Calcio on a season-long loan deal.
===Siena & San Marino=== In June–July 2012 Parma and Siena made cashless player swap,<ref name=Siena2012bilancio>{{cite book|title=A.C. Siena S.p.A. bilancio al 2012-06-30|trans-title=A.C. Siena S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2012|date=2012|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Siena|type=PDF|language=Italian}}</ref> 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;<ref name=Siena2012bilancio/><ref>{{cite book|title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio al 2012-06-30|trans-title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2012|date=2012|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Parma|type=PDF|language=Italian}}</ref> Doumbia left for San Marino Calcio in temporary deal soon after. In June 2013, the 8 co-ownership deals were renewed.
===Lecce=== 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.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2013/07/30/larrondo-e-doumbiahanno-lasciato-il-ritiro/|title=Larrondo e Doumbia hanno lasciato il ritiro|date=30 July 2013|accessdate=6 August 2013|publisher=A.C. Siena|language=Italian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805041424/http://www.acsiena.it/2013/07/30/larrondo-e-doumbiahanno-lasciato-il-ritiro/|archivedate=5 August 2013|url-status=unfit}}</ref> On 20 August 2013 Doumbia returned to Parma outright for €100,000 (equal to the revenue received by Parma from Iacobucci).<ref>{{cite book|title=A.C. Siena S.p.A. bilancio al 2013-06-30|trans-title=A.C. Siena S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2013|date=2013|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Siena|type=PDF|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio al 2013-06-30|trans-title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2013|date=2013|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Parma|type=PDF|language=Italian}}</ref> On 27 August 2013 Lecce announced the temporary deal of Doumbia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/538327813638|title=Doumbia giallorosso|date=27 August 2013|accessdate=28 August 2013|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=Italian}}</ref> which Lecce also received €260,000 from Parma as ''premi di valorizzazione''.<ref name=Parma2014bilancio>{{cite book|title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio al 2014-06-30|trans-title=Parma F.C. S.p.A. financial report and accounts on 30 June 2014|date=2014|publisher=Italian C.C.I.A.A.|publication-place=Parma|type=PDF|language=Italian}}</ref> On 30 June 2014 Lecce signed Doumbia outright for €1 million;<ref name=Parma2014bilancio/> Parma signed Daniele Casiraghi in the same deal also for €1 million.<ref name=Parma2014bilancio/><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/326532238854/doumbia-giallorosso-casiraghi-al-parma|title=Doumbia giallorosso, Casiraghi al Parma|date=30 June 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=Italian}}</ref> On 29 August 2016 Doumbia signed a new 2-year contract.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/374447967750/prolungamento-del-contratto-con-doumbia|title=Prolungamento del contratto con Doumbia|date=29 August 2016|access-date=26 November 2017|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=Italian}}</ref>
Doumbia spent four seasons at U.S. Lecce, amassing a total of 111 league appearances and 17 league goals.
===Livorno=== In July 2017 he moved to Livorno, in the Serie C, on loan.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/357804969478/cessione-doumbia|title=Cessione Doumbia|date=21 July 2017|access-date=26 November 2017|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=Italian}}</ref>
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.
===Carrarese=== On 21 September 2020, he signed with Carrarese.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Carrarese|url=http://www.carraresecalcio.it/notizie/13-comunicati-stampa/1273-doumbia-a-carrara|title=Doumbia a Carrara|date=21 September 2020|language=Italian}}</ref>
===Entella=== On 1 September 2022, Doumbia moved to Virtus Entella.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Virtus Entella|url=https://www.entella.it/prima-squadra/ufficiale-doumbia-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-biancoceleste/|title=Ufficiale, Doumbia è un nuovo giocatore biancoceleste|date=1 September 2022|access-date=20 September 2022|language=it}}</ref>
===Pergolettese=== On 31 January 2023, Doumbia joined Pergolettese.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pergolettese|url=https://www.uspergolettese1932.it/news/alla-pergolettese-l-attaccante-abdou-doumbia.php|title=ALLA PERGOLETTESE L'ATTACCANTE ABDOU DOUMBIA|date=31 January 2023|access-date=2 February 2023|language=it}}</ref>
=== Caravaggio === On 10 November 2023, Doumbia joined Serie D side USD Caravaggio.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zerbi |first=Paolo |date=10 November 2023 |title=Caravaggio, per il dopo Marrazzo ecco Doumbia |trans-title=Caravaggio, for after Marrazzo here is Doumbia |url=https://paolozerbi.com/caravaggio-per-il-dopo-marrazzo-ecco-doumbia/ |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=Paolozerbi.com |language=it-IT}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://aic.football.it/scheda/23119/doumbia-abdou.htm AIC profile (data by football.it)] {{in lang|it}}
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