Abdoulaye Dabo (born 4 March 2001) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Super League Greece club
Levadiakos
Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...
, on loan from
Olympiacos B.
Club career
Nantes
Coming through the youth system,
Dabo signed his first professional contract with
Nantes on 4 October 2017, at the age of 16. He became the youngest player in the club's history to sign a professional contract.
Dabo made his professional debut for Nantes in a
Ligue 1 match again
Monaco
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on 11 August 2018.
After two Ligue 1 games, Dabo played for the
reserve team
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in the
National 2, the fourth tier of
French football
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.
His first
2018–19 game was on 15 September 2018, in a 1–0 home defeat to
Le Havre II. Dabo's first goal came one week later, on 22 September, in a 2–1 away defeat to
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast.
The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
. He played six games throughout the season, scoring twice.
[ In the 2019–20 season, Dabo played 14 games, scoring three, whereas in the first half of the 2020–21 season, he played five games.]
Loan to Juventus U23
On 13 January 2021, Dabo joined Serie C
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The unification of the Lega Pro ...
side Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – on a six-month loan with a purchase option. On 17 January, he made his debut for Juventus U23 in a 1–1 draw against Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
.
Olympiacos
On 31 January 2022, Dabo signed for Super League Greece club Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
on a contract until 2026.
Loan to Levadiakos
On 5 January 2023, Dabo was loaned to Levadiakos
Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...
until the end of the season.
International career
Born in France, Dabo is of Guinean descent. He is a youth international for France, having represented them at under-16, under-17, and under-18 levels.
Style of play
Dabo began as a central midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
in front of the defence. He is a left-footed quick and dynamic player, who is also known for his dribbling
In sports, dribbling is maneuvering a ball by one player while moving in a given direction, avoiding defenders' attempts to intercept the ball. A successful dribble will bring the ball past defenders legally and create opportunities to score.
A ...
. During his last two years at Nantes II, Dabo moved to a more offensive position, often playing as a left midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career statistics
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
French sportspeople of Guinean descent
Footballers from Nantes
French footballers
Association football midfielders
Ligue 1 players
FC Nantes players
Championnat National 2 players
Juventus Next Gen players
France youth international footballers
Black French sportspeople
Olympiacos F.C. B players
French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Italy
French expatriate footballers