Alan Dzabana

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alan Dzabana

| fullname = Alan Jadal Florian Dzabana

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|3|25}}

| birth_place = Livry-Gargan, France

| height = 1.71m

| currentclub = Sète

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 2002–2004

| youthclubs1 = AS Breuilloise

| youthyears2 = 2004–2012

| youthclubs2 = Torcy

| youthyears3 = 2012–2017

| youthclubs3 = Lyon

| years1 = 2015–2018

| clubs1 = Lyon B

| caps1 = 44

| goals1 = 19

| years2 = 2018–2021

| clubs2 = Le Havre B

| caps2 = 32

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2018–2021

| clubs3 = Le Havre

| caps3 = 11

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2021

| clubs4 = Red Star

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2021–

| clubs5 = Sète

| caps5 = 35

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2023

| clubs6 = → Borgo (loan)

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| club-update = 1 July 2023

}}

Alan Jadal Florian Dzabana (born 25 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sète.

Club career

Dzabana first began playing football at the age of 5 with AS Breuilloise, moved to US Torcy, and in 2012 joined Olympique Lyonnais's famed youth academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympique-et-lyonnais.com/alan-dzabana-jaspire-a-evoluer-avec-le-groupe-professionnel,129321.html|title=Alan Dzabana : "J'aspire à évoluer avec le groupe professionnel" – Olympique & Lyonnais|website=www.olympique-et-lyonnais.com}} On 9 March 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Lyon, keeping him at the club until 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.olweb.fr/fr/article/premier-contrat-professionnel-pour-alan-dzabana-73603.html|title=Premier contrat professionnel pour Alan Dzabana – OLWeb.fr|website=www.olweb.fr}}

Dzabana joined Le Havre AC on the last day of the winter transfer period, 31 January 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.hac-foot.com/actualite/alan-dzabana-lyon-rejoint-le-hac.html|title=Alan Dzabana Lyon Rejoint Le Hac|website=www.hac-foot.com}} He made his professional debut for Le Havre in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to FC Lorient on 5 March 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83472|title=LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino's Ligue 2 – Saison 2017/2018 – 28ème journée – FC Lorient / Havre AC|website=www.lfp.fr}}

On 31 January 2021, Dzabana joined Red Star until the end of the 2020–21 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-national.com/foot-red-star-deux-recrues-de-l2-pour-l-etoile-rouge-147948.html|title=Red Star : deux recrues de L2 pour l'Etoile Rouge !|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=31 January 2021}}

International career

Dzabana was called up to the Republic of the Congo national football team for a friendly against Mauritania on 15 March 2017, but he declined the selection as he needed time to reflect on who he wanted to represent.{{cite web|url=http://drcpf.net/amical-mauritanie-congo-la-liste-des-joueurs-retenus/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316034349/http://drcpf.net/amical-mauritanie-congo-la-liste-des-joueurs-retenus/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 March 2017|title=Amical Mauritanie-Congo : La liste des joueurs retenus – DRCPF|website=drcpf.net}}

Personal life

Dzabana's grandfather, Germain, was a legend of Congolese football and represented the Republic of the Congo national football team at the 1968 African Cup of Nations.{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/son-grand-pere-ce-heros-01-02-2012-1839229.php|title=Son grand-père, ce héros|date=1 February 2012|publisher=}}