Sheikh Mohamed Fankaty Dabo (born 11 October 1995) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Forest Green Rovers.

Club career

Dabo began his career with Chelsea. On 11 January 2017, along with Chelsea teammates Charlie Colkett and

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, Dabo joined League One side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. Three days later, Dabo made his debut in a 2–1 away victory against Bolton Wanderers, featuring for the entire 90 minutes. On 5 February 2017, Dabo scored his first goal for Swindon in their local derby against

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. On 25 June 2017, Dabo joined Dutch side Vitesse on a season-long loan. In August 2018 Dabo returned on loan to the Netherlands, this time with

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. On 5 June 2019, it was announced that Dabo would join

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

on a three-year deal after his Chelsea contract expired on 1 July. Dabo won Coventry's 2019–20 'Player of the Year' award. On 27 May 2023, he missed the final penalty for Coventry City in a 6–5 defeat in the penalty shootouts against Luton Town in the EFL Championship play-off final. Following that match, he received racist abuse, and was among the players who were released by the club by the end of the season. On 1 September 2023, Dabo joined

club Forest Green Rovers.

International career

Dabo was born in England and is of Sierra Leonean descent. He has represented England at under-16, under-17 and

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youth levels.

Career statistics

Honours

Coventry City *

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: 2019–20 Individual *

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: 2019–20 League One *

Player of the Season: 2019–20

References

1995 births Living people English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers English sportspeople of Sierra Leonean descent Chelsea F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players SBV Vitesse players Sparta Rotterdam players Coventry City F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football defenders English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from Southwark {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub