{{short description|Gambian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alieu Darbo | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Alieu Darbo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|8|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Angered, Sweden | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Attacking midfielder, winger | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs1 = Örgryte | youthyears2 = 2009–2012 | youthclubs2 = Le Mans | years1 = 2013 | clubs1 = Dinamo Zagreb | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = Inter Turku | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0
<!-- |years4 = 2014 |clubs4 = {{Interlanguage link multi|Club Deportivo El Cotillo|es|3=Club Deportivo El Cotillo|lt=El Cotillo}} |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 2014 |clubs5 = Levante B |caps5 = |goals5 = -->| years6 = 2015 | clubs6 = Mosta | caps6 = 5<ref name="Alieu Darbo">{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.com.mt/en/leagues/leagues/23/bov-premier-league.htm?feature=players&mp=3102|title=Alieu Darbo|publisher=mfa.com.mt|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423123407/http://mfa.com.mt/en/leagues/leagues/23/bov-premier-league.htm?feature=players|url-status=dead}}</ref> | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = MC Oran | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = Ittihad Alexandria | caps8 = 3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe280416/alieu-darbo/|title=Alieu Darbo|publisher=worldfootball.net|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = Naxxar Lions | caps9 = 5<ref name="Alieu Darbo"/> | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2017 | clubs10 = CA Bizertin | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Gambia U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2011 | nationalteam2 = Gambia U20 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }} '''Alieu Darbo''' (born 3 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger. Born in Sweden to Gambian parents, he has represented Gambia at the international youth level. He appeared as an unused substitute for Gambia national football team once in 2012.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300175997/index.html#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418193413/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300175997/index.html#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2014 |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Matches - Gambia-Morocco |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2012-06-02 |access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref>
==Club career== Darbo started his career in Sweden,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gp.se/sport/törnqvist-trivdes-mot-killarna-1.1144036| title = Törnqvist trivdes mot killarna {{!}} GP}}</ref> then moved to France with Le Mans FC. He was the member of their under-19 team in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemansfc.fr/groupe-U19.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626133401/http://www.lemansfc.fr/groupe-U19.php|archive-date=26 June 2010|title=Groupe U19|publisher=Le Mans F.C.|access-date=12 January 2017|language=French}}</ref>
===England, Croatia and Finland=== Darbo went on trial with Sunderland and Newcastle United in 2012,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://allafrica.com/stories/201204260913.html| title = Reference at allafrica.com}}</ref> and signed a three-year contract with Wigan Athletic in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/former-le-mans-winger-darbo-choose-wigan-over-sunderland-3008521|title=Former Le Mans winger Darbo to choose Wigan over Sunderland |work=Tribal Football|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> This was later refuted by the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gambiasports.gm/index.php/football/546-alieu-darbo-not-a-wigan-player|title=Alieu Darbo not a Wigan player|date=24 July 2012|access-date=11 February 2016|work=Gambia Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129172730/http://gambiasports.gm/index.php/football/546-alieu-darbo-not-a-wigan-player|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Vital Football even reported the signing was made up by the footballer himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wigan.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=287840|title=The Mysterious Case Of Alieu Darbo and Wigan |work=VitalFootball|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
In August 2013 Darbo signed for Croatian side GNK Dinamo Zagreb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gnkdinamo.hr/HR/Novosti/Clanak//alieu-darbo-potpisao-za-dinamo! |title=Alieu Darbo potpisao za Dinamo! - Dinamo Zagreb |language=hr |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=11 February 2016 |publisher=GNK Dinamo Zagreb }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://archive.observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/official-gambias-alieu-darbo-signs-for-dinamo-zagreb|title= Alieu darbo signs for dinamo zagreb|date= 5 August 2013|access-date= 11 February 2016|work= The Daily Observer|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042941/http://archive.observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/official-gambias-alieu-darbo-signs-for-dinamo-zagreb|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Despite being injured, he was included in the club's 23 man squad for the Europa League<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/uefaeuropaleague/2014/E/E_2012478_PK.pdf|title=Match Press Kits: Dinamo Zagreb v. Chornomorets Odesa|publisher=UEFA}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and given a two-year contract extension in September.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/34053 |title=KLART: Dinamo Zagreb förlänger redan med Alieu Darbo |language=sv |date=11 September 2013|access-date=11 February 2016|work= Fotbolltransfers}}</ref> He was released in December 2013, having been at Dinamo for just four months,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://allafrica.com/stories/201312050667.html |title=Gambia: Croat Champions Terminate Alieu Darbo's Contract|date=4 December 2013|access-date=11 February 2016|work= All Africa}}</ref> without making any debut for the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/nogomet/hnl/alieu-darbo-zoki-mamic-je-zmija-igraju-mu-samo-oni-koji-se-trebaju-prodati/4253478/|title=Alieu Darbo: 'Zoki Mamić je zmija, igraju mu samo oni koji se trebaju prodati'|work=jutarnji|access-date=6 January 2017|language=Croatian}}</ref>
In January 2014 he played once for Inter Turku in the second leg derby against TPS in 2014 Finnish League Cup group stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2014/01/31/inter-jalleen-tpsaa-vahvempi|title=Inter jälleen TPS:aa vahvempi|publisher=FC Inter Turku|access-date=6 January 2017|language=Finnish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105215446/http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2014/01/31/inter-jalleen-tpsaa-vahvempi|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2014/01/31/interin-avauskokoonpano-tps-peliin-nimetty|title=Interin avauskokoonpano TPS-peliin nimetty|publisher=FC Inter Turku|access-date=6 January 2017|language=Finnish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105215703/http://fcinter.fi/uutiset/2014/01/31/interin-avauskokoonpano-tps-peliin-nimetty|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Italy, Sweden, Norway=== On 12 July 2014 Italian club F.C. Crotone announced the signing of Darbo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fccrotone.it/component/news/3895/colpo-crotone-darbo-e-rossoblu.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223037/http://www.fccrotone.it/component/news/3895/colpo-crotone-darbo-e-rossoblu.html|title=Colpo Crotone, Darbo è rossoblù|archive-date=14 July 2014|date=12 July 2014|access-date=19 August 2016|publisher=F.C. Crotone|language=Italian}}</ref> However, the contract was terminated on 19 July after the club announced there was some miscommunication with his agent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fccrotone.it/news/comunicazione-merito-al-calciatore-darbo/|title=Comunicazione in merito al calciatore Darbo|date=19 July 2014|access-date=4 September 2016|publisher=F.C. Crotone|language=Italian}}</ref>
Later in July 2014 he was presented as a player of Swedish second-tier side Landskrona BoIS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/news/43007|title=Officiellt: Landskrona värvar Adelstam och Darbo|date=17 July 2014|access-date=26 January 2018|work=Fotbolltransfers.com|language=Swedish}}</ref> The deal soon collapsed.<ref name=Fotbolltransfers>{{cite web|url=https://www.hd.se/2014-07-19/ingen-darbo-i-bois|title=Ingen Darbo i BoIS|date=19 July 2014|access-date=26 January 2018|work=Helsingborgs Dagblad|language=Swedish}}</ref>
In January 2015 he was presented as a player for Norwegian club Nybergsund. However, this deal, too, soon collapsed.<ref name=ostlendingen>{{cite web|url=http://www.ostlendingen.no/nybergsund/fotballhedmark/fotball/darbo-ferdig-etter-to-uker/s/5-69-23167|title=Darbo ferdig etter to uker|date=10 February 2015|access-date=6 January 2017|work=Østlendingen|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
===Malta, Algeria, Egypt, Malta again & Tunisia=== In February 2015, he signed a three-month contract with Maltese Premier League side Mosta FC.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201506261314.html|title=Gambia/Algeria: Alieu Darbo Bags Algerian Contract|first=Sulayman|last=Bah|date=26 June 2015|access-date=6 January 2017|work=All Africa}}</ref> Darbo made his debut for the club in a 3–1 FA Trophy loss against Valletta, being replaced after 71 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150214/football/Elford-Alliyu-brace-sinks-ten-man-Mosta.556012|title=Elford-Alliyu brace sinks ten-man Mosta|date=14 February 2015|access-date=11 February 2016|work= Times of Malta}}</ref> In June 2015, Darbo signed a two-year contract with Algerian club MC Oran.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/5808|title= ALIEU DARBO BAGS ALGERIAN CONTRACT|date= 25 June 2015|access-date= 11 February 2016|work= Foroyaa|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160216021509/http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/5808|archive-date= 16 February 2016|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
In January 2016 he moved to Egypt for Ittihad Alexandria.<ref name="kingfut.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.kingfut.com/2016/01/21/ittihad-alexandria-sign-gambian-winger-darbo/|title=Ittihad of Alexandria sign Gambian winger Darbo|date=21 January 2016|publisher=kingfut.com|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> He made his debut on 6 February against Wadi Degla (3–1 loss).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma2494254/lineup/|title=Live commentary: Wadi Degla FC - Ittihad El-Iskandary 3:1|date=6 February 2016|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> He was released after four months,<ref name="standard.gm">{{cite web|url=http://standard.gm/site/2016/05/06/el-ittihad-part-ways-alieu-darbo/|title=El Ittihad part ways with Alieu Darbo|date=6 May 2016|publisher=standard.gm|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012906/http://standard.gm/site/2016/05/06/el-ittihad-part-ways-alieu-darbo/|archive-date=26 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> after he had featured only sporadically for the club in the 2015–16 season.
In the summer of 2016 he moved back to Malta for Maltese First Division club Naxxar Lions.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/articles/view/20161017/football/Naxxar-secure-win-in-second-half.628238|title=Naxxar secure win in second half|work=Times of Malta|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 11 September 2016 in a 2–0 loss against Pietà Hotspurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160912/football/Lija-Athletic-outclass-Amateurs.624812|title=Lija Athletic outclass Amateurs|date=12 September 2016|access-date=25 January 2018|work=Times of Malta}}</ref> He was released by Naxxar Lions in late 2016.<ref name=Aftonbladet2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/4wnMa/sportbladet-avslojar-svenske-24-aringen-pekas-ut-som-bedragare|title=SPORTBLADET AVSLÖJAR: Svenske 24-åringen pekas ut som bedragare|date=10 January 2017|access-date=10 January 2017|work=Sportbladet|language=Swedish}}</ref> Club president Pierre Sciberras said his contract had been terminated for disciplinary reasons, not for playing poorly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170111/local/ex-mosta-naxxar-footballer-used-fake-emails-to-land-contracts-swedish.636236|title=Ex-Mosta, Naxxar footballer used fake emails to land contracts|date=11 January 2017|access-date=25 January 2018|work=Times of Malta}}</ref>
He signed a contract with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CA Bizertin on 23 August 2017. After a couple of weeks, he was released without featuring for the club.<ref name=Aftonbladet2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/m6RW8q/salde-sin-mobil--och-flydde-polisen|title=Sportbladet granskar Alieu Darbo: Det hände i CA Bizertin|date=13 December 2017|access-date=25 January 2018|work=Sportbladet|language=Swedish}}</ref>
==International career== Darbo was part of the Gambia national under-17 football team that participated in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria, where he was assigned the number 10 jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/nigeria2009/teams/team=1889597/players.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216110702/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/nigeria2009/teams/team=1889597/players.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2016 |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Teams - Gambia |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2016-02-04 |access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref> He played in all three of his nation's games in the World Cup, losses against Iran and the Netherlands before a 2–2 draw with Colombia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102238/index.html#lineups#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028003451/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102238/index.html#lineups#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2009 |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Matches - Iran-Gambia |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2009-10-25 |access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102236/index.html#lineups#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031142627/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102236/index.html#lineups#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2009 |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Matches - Netherlands-Gambia |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2009-10-28 |access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102246/index.html#lineups#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103080818/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=253807/match=300102246/index.html#lineups#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2009 |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Matches - Gambia-Colombia |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2009-10-31 |access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref>
In June 2012, at the age of 19, Darbo was included in the matchday squad for the senior national team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Morocco. He was an unused substitute in that game.<ref name="auto2"/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|-darbo/102721}} * {{FIFA player|316170}}
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