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Ebrima Darboe
Gambian footballer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ebrima Darboe (born 6 June 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Roma. He also plays for the Gambia national team.[2]
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Early life
Ebrima Darboe was born in Bakoteh, a district of Serekunda in The Gambia.[3][4][5] He left his birth country aged 14, alone, arriving in Libya,[4][6] before sailing to Sicily, Italy, where he arrived as a refugee after a six-month journey.[7][8]
In Italy, Darboe was taken in charge by the SPRAR – a service from the Italian ministry of the Interior – as an unaccompanied underage migrant and ended in Rieti, where he started playing with amateur club Young Rieti.[7][9]
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Club career
Darboe joined Italian club Roma in summer 2017, making his primavera debut for the youth team in January 2019.[7][10][11] Darboe signed his first professional contract with Roma the following July, having just turned eighteen.[4][7][11] He first featured on as an unused substitute in Roma's 2–1 Serie A home victory against Milan on 27 October 2019.[6][7][11] Darboe scored his first goal for the under-19 side in October 2020,[3] and got an additional brace later that month in the Campionato Primavera.[12][13]
Darboe made his professional debut for the club on 2 May 2021, coming off the bench for the final ten minutes of Roma's 2–0 defeat against Sampdoria.[14] On 6 May, Darboe made his UEFA Europa League debut against Manchester United, in the second leg of the semi-finals.[15] Darboe played in the Derby della Capitale against rivals Lazio on 15 May, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to do so.[16]
On 7 July 2023, Darboe was loaned to Austrian Bundesliga club LASK for the 2023–24 season.[17] On 1 February 2024, this loan was cut short, and Darboe was then loaned to Serie B club Sampdoria.[18]
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International career
On 26 October 2020, while still a youth team player for Roma, Darboe received his first senior call-up for the Gambia national team by head coach Tom Saintfiet.[19] He debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over Niger on 6 June 2021.[20]
Darboe was selected to the Gambia squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[21][22]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2024[2]
- Includes Austrian Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 19 January 2024.[23]
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Honours
Roma
References
External links
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