Abdoulaye Demba

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Abdoulaye Demba
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Demba
Date of birth (1976-11-02) 2 November 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 K. Beerschot V.A.C. 31 (2)
1998–2001 Al Khaleej Club
2001–2002 K.V. Oostende 29 (14)
2002–2003 Yeovil Town 17 (6)
2003 K.V. Oostende 12 (7)
2003–2005 Eendracht Aalst 36 (18)
2005–2006 Ethnikos Asteras F.C. 25 (5)
2006 IR Tanger
2006–2007 Stade Lavallois 18 (0)
2007–2009 Maghreb Fez
2011–2013 KSC City Pirates [1]
International career
2003–2006 Mali 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdoulaye Demba (also Abdoulai Demba; born 2 November 1976) is a retired Malian footballer who played as a forward.

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Club career

On 1 July 2002, Demba signed for English club Yeovil Town on a one-year contract with the option for a second, after being top scorer for K.V. Oostende in the Belgian third division (9 goals in 15 games). [2] He had briefly been on trial at Yeovil in the previous season. [3]

He made his debut for the Conference club on 17 August 2002 in a 2–2 draw with Gravesend & Northfleet at Huish Park. He came on as a 16th-minute substitute for Adam Stansfield, who had suffered a serious injury. [4] With Stansfield ruled out long-term, [5] Demba made his first start three days later in a 1–2 defeat at Barnet, playing 70 minutes before being replaced by Chris Giles. [6]

On 14 September, he scored his first goal for the club to rescue a 2–2 draw away at Stevenage Borough, having been brought on at half time in place of Anthony Tonkin by manager Gary Johnson and heading in a cross by Lee Johnson. [7] A week later in a 3–0 home win over Halifax Town, he was brought down for a penalty by opposing goalkeeper Lee Butler, resulting in a red card, but was himself sent off for foul and abusive language, and his teammate Terry Skiverton also dismissed. [8] He scored five further goals in the season, all in the next three games: one in a 4–0 win over Woking three days later, a first-half hat-trick in a 6–0 win against Southport on 5 October, and the opener in a 1–2 draw at Burton Albion three days after that. [9] [10] Yeovil won the Conference, earning promotion to The Football League for the first time. [11]

International career

Demba represented Mali at the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. His first appearance came in their second group game on 30 January, a 3–1 win over Burkina Faso, replacing Soumaila Coulibaly in added time. [12] Three days later he started in place of Coulibaly, in a 1–1 draw with Senegal. [13] Mali eventually came fourth. [14]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Footballdatabase profile, footballdatabase.eu
  2. ↑ "Demba impresses Johnson". BBC Sport. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yeovil sign striker Demba". BBC Sport. 1 July 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Yeovil 2–2 Gravesend". BBC Sport. 17 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stansfield breaks leg". BBC Sport. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Barnet 2–1 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stevenage 2–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Yeovil 3–0 Halifax". BBC Sport. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Yeovil 3–0 Woking". BBC Sport. 24 September 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Yeovil 6–0 Southport". BBC Sport. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Doncaster 0–4 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 12 April 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Kapnall, James (30 January 2004). "Kanouté keeps Mali marching". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Senegal 1–1 Mali". BBC Sport. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Action: Nigeria 2–1 Mali". BBC Sport. 13 February 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Conference end of season awards". ConfGuide.com. 14 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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