Dembo Darboe

Gambian footballer (born 1998)

Dembo DarboePersonal information

Date of birth|  (1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth|  Brikama, The Gambia
Height|  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)|  Forward
Team information

Current team

|  Neftçi Baku
Number|  22
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2015–2017|  Real de Banjul|  |
2017–2019|  ASEC Ndiambour|  |
2019–2020|  Shkupi|  41|  (18)
2021–2022|  Shakhtyor Soligorsk|  40|  (24)
2022–2024|  Al-Nasr|  12|  (3)
2023|  → Astana (loan)|  21|  (5)
2024|  → Ordabasy (loan)|  8|  (3)
2024–|  Neftçi Baku|  16|  (5)
International career‡
2021–|  Gambia|  5|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2022

Dembo Darboe (born 17 August 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi PFK.[citation needed]

## Club career

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### Early years

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Darboe started his professional football career at the age of 17 with Real de Banjul, where he only played for one season. In the summer of 2017, he made his first move to Senegalese club ASEC Ndiambour, where he spent two seasons.

In 2019, Darboe moved to Europe where he signed for Macedonian club Shkupi. In his second season at the club, he experienced his breakthrough by scoring 17 goals in 19 league appearances.[1]

### Shakhtyor Soligorsk

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In January 2021, Darboe signed with defending Belarusian champions, Shakhtyor Soligorsk,[2] for an undisclosed fee believed to be €700,000.[3][4] He made his debut for the club in the starting lineup of the Belarusian Super Cup win over BATE Borisov on 2 March 2021.[5]

### Al-Nasr

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In August 2022, Darboe joined UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr.[6]

Darboe joined Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana on a one-year loan deal on 25 January 2023.[7][8]

On 22 March 2024, Darboe returned to the Kazakhstan Premier League, joining Champions Ordabasy on a one-year loan deal.[9]

### Neftçi

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Darboe signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi PFK on August 28, 2024.[10]

## International career

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Darboe debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over Niger on 6 June 2021.[11]

He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[12]

## Honours

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Shakhtyor Soligorsk

* Belarusian Premier League: 2021
* Belarusian Super Cup: 2021[13]

## References

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1. ^ Dembo Darboe at Soccerway
2. ^ Martysevich, Anton (21 January 2021). "Done deal. Шахтёр потратил рекордные для себя деньги на покупку забивного нападающего Дарбо" [Done deal. Shakhtyor spent record-breaking money to buy goal-scoring striker Darbo]. Soccer365.ru (in Russian).
3. ^ Melnik, Sergey (21 February 2021). "Чемпионат Беларуси по футболу-2021: главные интриги" [Football Championship of Belarus 2021: main intrigues]. eurasia.expert (in Russian).
4. ^ "Председатель "Шахтера" Шумак о 700 тыс евро за Дарбо: "Это не соответствует действительности. Цена завышена"" [Shakhtyor chairman Shumak about 700,000 euros for Darbo: "This is not true. Overpriced"]. BY.Tribuna.com (in Russian). 17 March 2021.
5. ^ "Суперкубок. Ай да Гутор!" [Super Cup. Hey Gutor!]. Прессбол (in Russian). 4 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
6. ^ Fallaboweh, Baboucarr (26 August 2022). "Gambian player's summer transfer dossier". Gambia.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
7. ^ "Футбольный клуб "Астана"" [Dembo Darbo is a newcomer of Astana]. FC Astana (Press release) (in Russian). 26 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
8. ^ Assogba, Sédric Maurace (25 January 2023). "Transfert : Dembo Darboe débarque à Astana (Kazakhstan)". Africa Foot United (in French). Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
9. ^ "Ресми: Дембо Дарбо "Ордабасы" ойыншысы". instagram.com/fc__ordabasy/ (in Kazakh). FC Ordabasy Instagram. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
10. ^ "Xoş gəldin, Dembo Darbo! | Neftçi pfk". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
11. ^ "Match Report of Gambia vs Niger – 2021-06-05 – FIFA Friendlies". Global Sports Archive.
12. ^ "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
13. ^ "2021 (Шахтер (Солигорск) – БАТЭ (Борисов)) – Матчи за Суперкубок Беларуси (Беларусь, Суперкубок) – Статистика : Football.By : Новости футбола Беларуси и мира". football.by. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

## External links

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* Dembo Darboe at Soccerway.com
* Dembo Darboe at WorldFootball.net
* Dembo Darboe at Soccerbase.com
* Dembo Darboe at National-Football-Teams.com
* Dembo Darboe at kicker (in German)

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Neftçi PFK – current squad

* 1 Balayev
* 3 Haghverdi
* 4 Camalov
* 6 Guzzo
* 7 A. Aliyev
* 8 Mahmudov
* 9 Sambou
* 11 Fernandes
* 13 Safarov
* 14 Kuč
* 17 Hajiyev
* 18 Ohori
* 19 Salahlı
* 20 Conteh
* 22 Darboe
* 23 Bauer
* 24 Seck
* 30 Samigullin
* 44 Matias
* 47 Mammadov
* 77 Bogomolsky
* 88 Shtohrin
* 90 Sheydayev
* 91 Salyanski
* 93 Jafarov
* 99 Koffi
* Manager: Abasov

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Gambia squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

* 1 M. Jobe
* 2 Bobb
* 3 A. Jallow
* 4 Ngum
* 5 O. Colley
* 6 Marreh
* 7 L. Jallow
* 8 E. Darboe
* 9 Ceesay
* 10 Mu. Barrow
* 11 Mo. Barrow
* 12 Gomez
* 13 Jagne (c)
* 14 Sonko Sundberg
* 15 Sohna
* 16 Mbye
* 17 B. Jobe
* 18 Gaye
* 19 E. Colley
* 20 Trawally
* 21 Janko
* 22 Sibi
* 23 Badamosi
* 24 D. Darboe
* 25 Sanneh
* 26 Touray
* 27 Njie
* 28 Adams
* Coach: Saintfiet

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Belarusian Premier League top scorers

* 1992: Skorobogatko
* 1992–93: Baranovsky / Romaschenko
* 1993–94: Kachuro
* 1994–95: Shavrov
* 1995: Yaromko
* 1996: Khlebasolaw
* 1997: Khlebasolaw
* 1998: Yaromko
* 1999: Strypeykis
* 2000: Vasilyuk
* 2001: Davydov
* 2002: Strypeykis
* 2003: Bliznyuk / Kornilenko
* 2004: Strypeykis
* 2005: Strypeykis
* 2006: Klimenka
* 2007: Vasilyuk
* 2008: Bliznyuk / Rodionov
* 2009: Maycon
* 2010: Bressan
* 2011: Bressan
* 2012: Asipenka
* 2013: Rodionov
* 2014: Yanush
* 2015: Yanush
* 2016: Rodionov / Gordeychuk
* 2017: Gordeychuk
* 2018: Savitsky
* 2019: Shkurin
* 2020: Skavysh
* 2021: Darboe
* 2022: Abdikholikov
* 2023: Morozov
* 2024: Effaghe

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