Fatou Dembele
{{short description|Malian footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
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|name = Fatou Dembele
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|11|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bamako, Mali
|height = 1.76 m
|position = {{nowrap|Defensive midfielder, Right winger}}
|currentclub = UD Tenerife
|clubnumber = 25
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|years1 = 2019–2021
|clubs1 = Les Amazones C.V
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|years2 = 2021–2022
|clubs2 = Itihad Tanger
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|years3 = 2023
|clubs3 = Fenerbahçe
|caps3 = 8
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2023
|clubs4 = Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
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|years5 = 2023
|clubs5 = AS Mandé
|caps5 = 3
|goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2023–2024
|clubs6 = AS FAR
|caps6 = 12
|goals6 = 2
|years7 = 2024–
|clubs7 = UD Tenerife
|caps7 = 14
|goals7 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2019
|nationalteam1 = Mali U20
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|nationalyears2 = 2020–
|nationalteam2 = Mali
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Fatou Dembele (born 30 November 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga F club UD Tenerife and the Mali national team.
Club career
In October 2021, Dembele joined Moroccan Women's Championship D1 side Itihad Tanger on a 3-year contract.{{cite web |first=Djeneba |last=Bagayogo|date=5 October 2021|title=Transferts : Quatre Maliennes signent au Maroc|language=fr|url=https://lessor.ml/posts/transferts-qautre-maliennes-signent-au-maroc-615c35f488bbc|website=lessor.ml|access-date=22 February 2025}} In December 2021, she made history by scoring the fastest goal in the league’s history, just 37 seconds into the match.{{cite web |date=16 December 2021|title=Moroccan Championship: Fatou Dembélé breaks a nine-year-old record|language=fr|url=https://bamada.net/championnat-du-maroc-fatou-dembelebat-un-record-vieux-de-neuf-ans|website=bamada.net|access-date=27 May 2025}}
In December 2022, Dembele signed her first professional contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe.{{cite web |date=28 December 2022|title=Welcome to our family Fatou Dembele|language=tr|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol-kadin/2022/12/ailemize-hos-geldin-fatou-dembele|website=fenerbahce.org|access-date=22 February 2025}}{{cite web |date=28 December 2022|title=Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi has added Fatou Dembele to its squad.|language=tr|url=https://www.fener.org/index.php/2022/12/28/fenerbahce-petrol-ofisi-fatou-dembeleyi-kadrosuna-katti/|website=fener.org|access-date=22 February 2025}}
Having joined AS Mandé in October 2023, She played the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with the club.{{cite web |date=6 November 2023|title=Fatou Dembélé: We want to bring the cup home|url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/fatou-dembele-we-want-to-bring-the-cup-home/|website=cafonline.com|publisher=Confederation of African Football|access-date=21 February 2025}}
She played a key role in AS FAR's eleventh league title, scoring 12 goals and providing two assists in 12 appearances.{{cite web |date=21 May 2023|title=Fatou championne du Maroc|language=fr|url=https://lta-agency.com/fatou-championne-du-maroc/|website=lta-agency.com|access-date=21 February 2025}}
In September 2024, Fatou joined Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa in La Liga F.{{cite web |date=12 September 2024|title=Fatou Dembele joins Costa Adeje Tenerife|language=es|url=https://ligaf.es/noticia/fatou-dembele-llega-al-costa-adeje-tenerife|website=ligaf.es|access-date=22 February 2025}}{{cite web |date=23 September 2024|title=Dembele a Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa|language=fr|url=https://lta-agency.com/dembele-a-costa-adeje-tenerife-egatesa/|website=lta-agency.com|access-date=22 February 2025}}
International career
In August 2019, Fatou represented Mali at under-20 level during the 2019 African Games held in Morocco. Six months later She got her first call-up to the senior team for the 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup held in Sierra Leone.{{cite web |last=Sangho|first=Alassane|date=22 February 2020|title=Football: The official list of 18 players selected for the WAFU Zone A Cup|language=fr|url=https://malivox.net/football-la-liste-officielle-des-18-joueuses-selectionnees-pour-la-coupe-ufoa-a/|website=malivox.net|access-date=27 May 2025}} She scored her first international goal on 30 November 2023, in a 7–2 victory over Guinea during the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification.{{cite web |last=Ahanogbe|first=Prudence|date=30 November 2023|title=WAFCON 2024: Senegal, Algeria, and Tunisia cruise to big wins, Mali sink Guinea|language=fr|url=https://www.afrik-foot.com/can-2024-feminine-qualification-resultat-senegal-algerie-mali-guinee-tunisie-nigeria|website=afrik-foot.com|access-date=27 May 2025}}
International goals
:Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dembele goal.
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 30 November 2023 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fbw|GUI}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|7–2 | 2024 WAFCON qualifiers |
| align="center"|2 | 20 February 2025 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | {{fbw|GAB}} | align="center"|5–0 | align="center"|6–0 | 2026 WAFCON qualifiers |
| align="center"|3 | 26 May 2025 | Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania | {{fbw|LBR}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–1 | 2025 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|fatou-dembele/927925}}
- {{FBref player|663db856/Fatou-Dembele}}
- {{GSA player|fatou-dembele/567757}}
- [https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=2491585 Fatou Dembele] at Turkish Football Federation {{in lang|tr}}
{{UD Granadilla Tenerife squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dembele, Fatou}}
Category:Footballers from Bamako
Category:Malian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Malian sportswomen
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players
Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Category:Mali women's international footballers
Category:Malian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain