Harouna Abou Demba Sy (born 31 December 1991) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A dir ...

. Born in France, he represents

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

at international level.

Club career

Born in

Mont-Saint-Aignan Mont-Saint-Aignan () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France. The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are called ''Mont-Saint-Aignanais'' in French. Due to the presence of higher educa ...

, France, Sy has played for Sedan B, Reims B, Boulogne B,

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

, Amiens B and

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. On 13 June 2022, Abou Demba signed with

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International career

He made his international debut for

in 2016. He played for the national team at the

African Cup of Nations 2019 The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champion ...

, the first international tournament of the team

References

1991 births Living people People from Mont-Saint-Aignan Footballers from Seine-Maritime Men's association football fullbacks Citizens of Mauritania through descent Mauritanian men's footballers Mauritania men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Mauritanian descent CS Sedan Ardennes players Stade de Reims players US Boulogne players Amiens SC players Athlético Marseille players Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Martigues players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Mauritania-footy-bio-stub