Abdou Rahman Dampha (born 27 December 1991) is a Gambian professional

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who plays as a

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for US Raon-l'Étape.

Career

Dampha began his career with

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and in 2007 was promoted to the first team of the

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. In January 2009 he signed a professional contract with Algerian club Mouloudia Club Saïda. A year later, in January 2010, he transferred from Maloudia Club Saida to

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team

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

, on a 4.5-year contract. He made his league debut for Neuchâtel Xamax on 6 February 2010 against

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. On 14 May 2012, Dampha signed a two-year deal with French

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side AS Nancy, until the summer of 2014.

International career

Dampha was member of the Gambia national under-17 football team and currently plays in the Gambia U-20 team. In December 2009 Dampha earned his first international cap for the Scorpions.Gambia Sports – Online Edition – Rahu hails East-Bi effort

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dampha, Abdou Rahman 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Banjul Gambian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Gambia Ports Authority FC players MC Saïda players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players AS Nancy Lorraine players US Raon-l'Étape players The Gambia men's youth international footballers The Gambia men's international footballers Gambian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland