:Mouhamadou Dabo
{{short description|Footballer (born 1986)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mouhamadou Dabo
| image = Mouhamadou Dabo.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Dabo in 2006
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dakar, Senegal
| height = 1.76m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Full-back
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Yeggo
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Saint-Étienne
| years1 = 2005–2010 | clubs1 = Saint-Étienne | caps1 = 117 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = Sevilla | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011–2015 | clubs3 = Lyon | caps3 = 67 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2011–2014 | clubs4 = Lyon B | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Troyes | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016–2019 | clubs6 = Caen | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2019 | clubs7 = Caen B | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 239 | totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam1 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 09:22, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 16 May 2008 (UTC)
}}
Mouhamadou Dabo (born 28 November 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back, but has played left-back. He most recently played for Caen in Ligue 1. Born in Senegal, he has represented France at youth level.
Club career
=Saint-Étienne=
Born in Dakar, Dabo began his career with ASC Yeggo and he then joined French club Saint-Étienne's youth academy when he was 14 years old.[https://web.archive.org/web/20191217033135/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20070625_224427Dev.html Foot – L1 – Saint-Etienne – Dabo prolonge] In the summer of 2004 he was promoted to the club's senior team by manager Élie Baup. On 7 May 2005, Dabo made his debut for Saint-Étienne in a 2–0 win over Toulouse and made three appearances in total in his first season. Baup's successor Ivan Hašek put Dabo in the right-back position before newly manager Laurent Roussey switched him into the left-back role.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Dabo's second season proved to be the breakout year for the player as he received more playing time. On 21 September 2008, Dabo scored his first goal for Saint-Étienne against Paris Saint-Germain. The result was 1–0 in favor of Saint-Étienne. On 7 February 2009, Dabo scored an own goal against Caen. However, Saint-Étienne won the match 3–2 with goals from Bafétimbi Gomis and Ilan, who scored twice. In January 2009, club manager Alain Perrin told Le Progrès that Dabo, who had one year left on his contract at the time, refused all proposals on an extension.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
=Sevilla=
Following his contract expiration, Dabo signed a four-year contract with Spanish club Sevilla on a free transfer, making him the first signing for the club.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=esp/news/newsid=1492054.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622072205/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=esp/news/newsid=1492054.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2010|title= Dabo swaps St-Etienne for Sevilla|date=24 May 2010|access-date=29 June 2010|publisher=UEFA}}{{cite news|title=Sevilla sign Mouhamadou Dabo|url=http://footballespana.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/sevilla-sign-mouhamadou-dabo/|publisher=FootballEspana|date=23 May 2010|accessdate=10 March 2012}} He made his debut for Sevilla in the first leg of the team's Supercopa de España tie against Barcelona on 14 August 2010. Two weeks later, Dabo made his league debut for Sevilla in a 4–1 win over Levante. On 19 December 2010, he received his first red card of his career after he kicked goal-scorer Ángel Di María in a 1–0 loss against Real Madrid.{{cite news|title=Report:Real Madrid v Sevilla FC|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302041&cc=5739|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714161336/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302041&cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=19 December 2010|accessdate=29 June 2012}}
=Lyon=
After just one season in Spain, in August 2011, Dabo returned to France signing a four-year contract with Lyon.{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/951050/mouhamadou-dabo-returns-to-france-with-lyon?cc=5739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102064913/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/951050/mouhamadou-dabo-returns-to-france-with-lyon?cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=Dabo returns to France with Lyon|date=30 August 2011|work=ESPN Soccernet|access-date=30 August 2011}}{{cite news|title=Official: Olympique Lyonnais snap up Mouhamadou Dabo from Sevilla| url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2011/08/30/2643495/official-olympique-lyonnais-snap-up-mouhamadou-dabo-from|publisher=Goals.com|date=31 August 2011|accessdate=10 March 2012}} The transfer fee was priced at €1 million plus a possible €800k in incentives.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210511164253/https://www.actusnews.com/documents_communiques/ACTUS-0-24990-olg-300811-arrivee-de-mouhamadou-dabo-gb.pdf Arrives de Mouhamadou Dabo] On 18 September 2011, Dabo made his debut for Lyon in a 2–0 win over Marseille after coming on a substitute for Anthony Réveillère. On 29 October 2011, he played his first match against his former club Saint-Étienne in a 2–0 win, but received a straight red card in the second half after foul on Bănel Nicoliță.{{cite news|title=Report:Lyon v St Etienne|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=320287&cc=5739|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103000031/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=320287&cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=29 October 2011|access-date=29 June 2012}} In the Coupe de la Ligue, Dabo received his second red card of the season 2–1 win over Lille on 11 January 2012.
=Troyes=
Following his release by Lyon, Dabo completed a move to newly promoted Ligue 1 club Troyes on 14 October 2015.{{cite news|title=Mouhamadou Dabo in ESTAC: It is signed!|url=http://www.estac.fr/newsite/news/13694/175/Mouhamadou-Dabo-a-l-Estac-c-est-signe.htm|publisher=Troyes AC|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194942/http://www.estac.fr/newsite/news/13694/175/Mouhamadou-Dabo-a-l-Estac-c-est-signe.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He made his Troyes debut on 25 October in an away match against Bordeaux in Ligue 1.{{cite news|title=Bordeaux vs. Troyes|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/25/france/ligue-1/fc-girondins-de-bordeaux/esperance-sportive-troyes-aube-champagne/2045999/|publisher=Soccerway|date=25 October 2015|accessdate=25 October 2015}}
International career
Dabo earned 17 caps for the France national under-21 football team.[http://www.roulf.free.fr/index.php?page=http://www.roulf.free.fr/Selections/selectionsFRA.htm France U-21 season 2006–07]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He got his first call-up for France against Argentina on 11 February 2009.[https://www.goal.com/en/news/90/french-football/2009/02/09/1101328/france-call-upon-mouhamadou-dabo-and-jean-alain-boumsong France Call Upon Mouhamadou Dabo And Jean-Alain Boumsong]
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 6 August 2019}}.{{Soccerway|1324|accessdate=2 December 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National CupIncludes the Coupe de France and Copa del Rey !colspan="2"|League CupIncludes the Coupe de la Ligue !colspan="2"|EuropeIncludes the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League !colspan="2"|OtherIncludes the Supercopa de España and Trophée des Champions !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan=7|Saint-Étienne
|rowspan=6|Ligue 1 |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06
|19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09
|24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5Five appearances in UEFA Europa League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | |
| 2009–10
|25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!117||1||1||0||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||123||1 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Sevilla
|rowspan="2"|La Liga |24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six in UEFA Europa League | 0 | 2Two appearances in Supercopa de España | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!24||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0||2||0||39||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan=5|Lyon
|rowspan=4|Ligue 1 |15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3Five appearances in UEFA Champions League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | |
| 2012–13
|30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1One appearance in UEFA Europa League | 0 | 1One appearance in Trophée des Champions | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2013–14
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!68||0||8||1||5||0||9||0||1||0||91||1 | |||||||||||
| rowspan=4|Lyon B
|rowspan="3"|CFA |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Troyes
|2015–16 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Caen
|rowspan="3"|Ligue 1 |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Caen B
|rowspan="3"|CFA 2 / National 3 |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!23||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!239||1||13||1||5||0||24||0||3||0||284||2 |
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Honours
Dabo has won two trophies in his career, firstly the 2011–12 Coupe de France and most recently the 2012 Trophée des Champions.
Lyon
References
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Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Senegalese men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Dakar
Category:AS Saint-Étienne players
Category:Olympique Lyonnais players
Category:Stade Malherbe Caen players
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain