{{short description|Malian footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Fatou Dembele |image = |caption = |full_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|11|30|df=y}} |birth_place = Bamako, Mali |height = 1.76 m |position = Defensive midfielder, Right winger |currentclub = UD Tenerife |clubnumber = 25 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2019–2021 |clubs1 = Les Amazones C.V |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2021–2022 |clubs2 = Itihad Tanger |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2023 |clubs3 = Fenerbahçe |caps3 = 8 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2023 |clubs4 = Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 2023 |clubs5 = AS Mandé |caps5 = 3 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2023–2024 |clubs6 = AS FAR |caps6 = 12 |goals6 = 2 |years7 = 2024– |clubs7 = UD Tenerife |caps7 = 14 |goals7 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2019 |nationalteam1 = Mali U20 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |nationalyears2 = 2020– |nationalteam2 = Mali |nationalcaps2 = |nationalgoals2 = |medaltemplates = |club-update = |nationalteam-update = }} '''Fatou Dembele''' (born 30 November 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga F club UD Tenerife and the Mali national team. ==Club career== In October 2021, Dembele joined Moroccan Women's Championship D1 side Itihad Tanger on a 3-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |first=Djeneba |last=Bagayogo|date=5 October 2021|title=Transferts : Quatre Maliennes signent au Maroc|language=fr|url=https://lessor.ml/posts/transferts-qautre-maliennes-signent-au-maroc-615c35f488bbc|website=lessor.ml|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref> In December 2021, she made history by scoring the fastest goal in the league’s history, just 37 seconds into the match.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 December 2021|title=Moroccan Championship: Fatou Dembélé breaks a nine-year-old record|language=fr|url=https://bamada.net/championnat-du-maroc-fatou-dembelebat-un-record-vieux-de-neuf-ans|website=bamada.net|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
In December 2022, Dembele signed her first professional contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 December 2022|title=Welcome to our family Fatou Dembele|language=tr|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol-kadin/2022/12/ailemize-hos-geldin-fatou-dembele|website=fenerbahce.org|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 December 2022|title=Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi has added Fatou Dembele to its squad.|language=tr|url=https://www.fener.org/index.php/2022/12/28/fenerbahce-petrol-ofisi-fatou-dembeleyi-kadrosuna-katti/|website=fener.org|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
Having joined AS Mandé in October 2023, She played the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with the club.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 November 2023|title=Fatou Dembélé: We want to bring the cup home|url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/fatou-dembele-we-want-to-bring-the-cup-home/|website=cafonline.com|publisher=Confederation of African Football|access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>
She played a key role in AS FAR's eleventh league title, scoring 12 goals and providing two assists in 12 appearances.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 May 2023|title=Fatou championne du Maroc|language=fr|url=https://lta-agency.com/fatou-championne-du-maroc/|website=lta-agency.com|access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>
In September 2024, Fatou joined Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa in La Liga F.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 September 2024|title=Fatou Dembele joins Costa Adeje Tenerife|language=es|url=https://ligaf.es/noticia/fatou-dembele-llega-al-costa-adeje-tenerife|website=ligaf.es|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=23 September 2024|title=Dembele a Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa|language=fr|url=https://lta-agency.com/dembele-a-costa-adeje-tenerife-egatesa/|website=lta-agency.com|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref> ==International career== In August 2019, Fatou represented Mali at under-20 level during the 2019 African Games held in Morocco. Six months later She got her first call-up to the senior team for the 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup held in Sierra Leone.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sangho|first=Alassane|date=22 February 2020|title=Football: The official list of 18 players selected for the WAFU Zone A Cup|language=fr|url=https://malivox.net/football-la-liste-officielle-des-18-joueuses-selectionnees-pour-la-coupe-ufoa-a/|website=malivox.net|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> She scored her first international goal on 30 November 2023, in a 7–2 victory over Guinea during the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ahanogbe|first=Prudence|date=30 November 2023|title=WAFCON 2024: Senegal, Algeria, and Tunisia cruise to big wins, Mali sink Guinea|language=fr|url=https://www.afrik-foot.com/can-2024-feminine-qualification-resultat-senegal-algerie-mali-guinee-tunisie-nigeria|website=afrik-foot.com|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> ==International goals== :''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dembele goal''. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 30 November 2023 || Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali|| {{fbw|GUI}} || align="center"|'''2'''–0 || align="center"|7–2 || 2024 WAFCON qualifiers |- | align="center"|2 || 20 February 2025 || Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon || {{fbw|GAB}} || align="center"|'''5'''–0 || align="center"|6–0 || 2026 WAFCON qualifiers |- | align="center"|3 || 26 May 2025 || Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania || {{fbw|LBR}} || align="center"|'''1'''–0 || align="center"|1–1 || 2025 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup |}
== References == {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{Soccerway|fatou-dembele/927925}} *{{FBref player|663db856/Fatou-Dembele}} *{{GSA player|fatou-dembele/567757}} *[https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=2491585 Fatou Dembele] at Turkish Football Federation {{in lang|tr}}
{{UD Granadilla Tenerife squad}} {{Mali squad 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dembele, Fatou}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Bamako Category:Malian women's footballers Category:21st-century Malian sportswomen Category:Women's association football forwards Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players Category:UD Tenerife players Category:Liga F players Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players Category:Mali women's international footballers Category:Malian expatriate women's footballers Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Category:2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players