Mamadou Doumbia (born 3 December 1980) is an Ivorian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

, Doumbia began his career with

Académie de Sol Beni The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', espec ...

and was promoted to

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...

in winter 1999–2000. In July 2006 he signed for

FC Istres Football Club Istres Ouest Provence (; commonly referred to as simply Istres) is a French association football club based in Istres. The club was formed in 1920 and currently play their home matches at the Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, a com ...

while a transfer fee of €350,000 was paid to ASEC Mimosas. After a six-year stint with Istres, he moved to

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

rivals

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

on 22 June 2011.

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* * Living people 1980 births Sportspeople from Abidjan Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast international footballers Association football defenders FC Istres players ASEC Mimosas players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Le Mans FC players CA Bastia players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Kuwait Premier League players {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub