Dembo Darboe (born 17 August 1998) is a Gambian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, and the Gambia national team.

Club career

Early years

Darboe started his professional football career at the age of 17 with Real de Banjul, where he only played for one season. In the summer of 2017, he made his first move to Senegalese club

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, where he spent two seasons. In 2019, Darboe moved to Europe where he signed for Macedonian club Shkupi. In his second season at the club, he experienced his breakthrough by scoring 17 goals in 19 league appearances.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

In January 2021, Darboe signed with defending Belarusian champions, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, for an undisclosed fee believed to be €700,000. He made his debut for the club in the starting lineup of the

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win over BATE Borisov on 2 March 2021.

Al-Nasr

In August 2022, Darboe joined

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. Darboe joined

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on a one-year loan deal on 25 January 2023.

International career

Darboe debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over

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, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.

Honours

Shakhtyor Soligorsk *

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* * 1998 births Living people People from Brikama Gambian men's footballers The Gambia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Real de Banjul FC players ASEC Ndiambour players KF Shkupi players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players FC Astana players Ligue 1 (Senegal) players Macedonian First Football League players Belarusian Premier League players UAE Pro League players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Gambian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Senegal Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Senegal Gambian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Gambia-footy-bio-stub