Abdelmoumene Djabou (born 31 January 1987) is an Algerian former professional

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who plays as an

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. An Algerian international since 2010, Djabou was a member of the Algerian teams at the

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in Brazil and the

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in Equatorial Guinea. As of January 2018, he has won 13 international caps and scored three goals. Djabou is Algeria's all-time top scorer at the

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with two goals, a record he shares with Salah Assad and

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Club career

Djabou came through the junior ranks of his hometown club

ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne (), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional association football, football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are bl ...

with the exception of one season with

USM Sétif Union Sportive Madinet Sétif (), known as USM Sétif or simply USMS for short, is an Algerian football club located in Sétif, Algeria. The club was founded in 1933 and its colors are garnet and white. Their home stadium, 8 May 1945 Stadium, ha ...

. He made his senior debut during the 2004–05 season, making two league appearances. The following season, he made another two appearances. He spent the 2006–07 season on loan to

MC El Eulma Mouloudia Chabab El Eulma (), () known as MC El Eulma or simply MCEE for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Eulma. The club was founded in 1936 and its colors are green and red. Their home stadium, Messaoud Zeghar Stadium, has a c ...

. On 30 September 2008, Djabou was loaned out to Swiss club

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. However, after a month with the club, his paperwork had still not cleared and Djabou returned to

. In January 2009, Djabou was loaned out to

USM El Harrach Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian Association football, football club based in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 as Union Sportive Musulmane ...

. Djabou made his début for

on 19 February 2009, against

NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey (), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, 20 Aug ...

coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Gharbi. He scored his first goal for the club against his former club

in the 17th minute, with the result being 2–2. He scored his second goal against RC Kouba in the first minute, with the final result ending at 5–1. He appeared in 12 games and scored two goals during his first loan spell at

. He also spent the 2009–10 season on loan with the club, scoring five goals in 31 appearances. On 9 June 2010, he returned to ES Sétif. On 13 June 2012, Djabou signed a two-year contract with Tunisian side

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. On 15 June 2019, he joined

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International career

On 18 September 2010, Djabou was called up to the Algeria national team by new coach

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for a qualifier against the

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. Djabou competed for Algeria at the

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in Sudan, helping the Desert Foxes reach the semi-finals. He appeared twice during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, and was selected for Algeria's squad for the

finals on 2 June 2014. On 22 June, Djabou scored the third goal for ''Les Fennecs'' in a 4–2 World Cup group match win against

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. He also scored the team's consolation goal in the 121st minute of a 2–1

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defeat by

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in the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Djabou goal.''

Honours

ES Sétif *

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (), known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the co ...

: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2016–17 *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

: 2011–12 *

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...

: 2007–08 *

North African Cup Winners Cup The North African Cup Winners Cup was a competition organised by the Federation of North African Football, that contains the winners of the domestic cups around North Africa. The competition contains representatives from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

North African Super Cup The North African Super Cup was an annual association football competition which was launched in 2010. It is organised by the Union of North African Football Federations. The Super Cup pits the winner of the North African Cup of Champions against ...

Club Africain *

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, formerly known as the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the highest-level association football, football tournament in Tunisia and is organized by the Tunisian Football Federation and t ...

: 2014–15

References

ES SÉTIF : ABDELMOUMEN DJABOU EST DE RETOUR
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External links

Elboutoula Profile
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Eurosport.fr Profile
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