Abdou Doumbia (born 7 June 1990) is a French footballer who plays as a

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for Italian club Pergolettese.

Career

Born in France with French father and Malian mother, Doumbia spent most of his youth career in a suburb of

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. He started his career with a club in

Le Blanc-Mesnil () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle Airport and le Bourget Airport. Name The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th centur ...

aged eight, and spent a year each in

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and

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. Doumbia left for

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side

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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. He also played the second match that 3–5 lost to

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. With Pescara, he scored 14 goals for the youth team. Doumbia played for

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side Santegidiese in 2009–10 season, scoring 8 goals, his performance made

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side

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

offered him a contract near the end of season.

Parma

Doumbia formally under contract with Parma on 1 July 2010. In July 2010 he left for

side Atletico Roma on loan for €1,000, along with

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(loan), Abel Gigli ( co-ownership deal for €500) and Alessio Tombesi (co-ownership deal for €50,000); as part of the deal that

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top-scorer

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moved to opposite direction in another co-ownership deal for €300,000. Doumbia made his club debut on 8 August 2010, the opening match of the season. He replaced

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at extra time, which Atletico Roma lost 1–2 to

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in the

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match. On 11 January 2011 he was signed by

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on loan for the remainder of the season. In July 2011, he joined

side

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on a season-long loan deal.

Siena & San Marino

In June–July 2012 Parma and Siena made cashless player swap, which saw Parma signed

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, Andrea Rossi and

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; while Siena signed Doumbia,

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and

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; both clubs also retained 50% registration rights on their players. 50% registration rights of both Doumbia and Pacini were tagged for €500,000; Doumbia left for

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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. On 20 August 2013 Doumbia returned to Parma outright for €100,000 (equal to the revenue received by Parma from Iacobucci). On 27 August 2013 Lecce announced the temporary deal of Doumbia, which Lecce also received €260,000 from Parma as ''premi di valorizzazione''. On 30 June 2014 Lecce signed Doumbia outright for €1 million; Parma signed

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in the same deal also for €1 million. On 29 August 2016 Doumbia signed a new 2-year contract. 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

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, in the

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, on loan. He returned to Lecce for the 2018-19 season, but was not included in the squad for the

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campaign. In January 2019 he moved to

side

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on a permanent basis.

Carrarese

On 21 September 2020, he signed with

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Entella

On 1 September 2022, Doumbia moved to

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Pergolettese

On 31 January 2023, Doumbia joined Pergolettese.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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