Demba van Leeuwen

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 2000)}}

{{Orphan|date=October 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Demba van Leeuwen

| image =

| fullname = Demba Steven Camara van Leeuwen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|10|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Elia Lythrodonta

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2014–2019 | youthclubs1 = Zeeburgia

| youthyears2 = 2019–2020 | youthclubs2 = Dordrecht

| years1 = 2020–2021 | clubs1 = APEA Akrotiri | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2021– | clubs2 = Elia Lythrodonta | caps2 = | goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 2019– | nationalteam1 = Mali | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 28 October 2019

}}

Demba Steven Camara van Leeuwen (born 19 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Elia Lythrodonta. Born in the Netherlands, van Leeuwen represents the Mali national football team.

Career

In September 2020, van Leeuwen joined Cypriot side APEA Akrotiri.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_13JoFh33|title=We are happy to announce a new addition to our team with 19 year old striker Demba Camara Van Leeuwen|website=instagram.com|date=11 September 2020|accessdate=21 October 2020}}

International career

Van Leeuwen was born in the Netherlands to a Malian father and Dutch mother. He made his debut for the Mali national football team in a friendly 1–2 loss over South Africa on 13 October 2019.{{cite news |last1=Bomgaars |first1=Arco |title=Jong FC Dordrecht-speler Demba van Leeuwen maakt debuut voor Mali |url=https://www.ad.nl/regiosport-dordrecht/jong-fc-dordrecht-speler-demba-van-leeuwen-maakt-debuut-voor-mali~a6e22892/ |accessdate=22 July 2020 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=25 October 2019 |language=Dutch}}

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