Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheick Oumar Dabo | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Djoliba | ||
2001–2002 | Gençlerbirliği | 0 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Bucheon SK | 66 | (20) |
2005 | Dubai Club | ||
2006–2007 | JS Kabylie | 27 | (17) |
2007–2010 | Le Havre | 6 | (1) |
2008 | → Tours (loan) | 14 | (6) |
2008–2009 | → Chamois Niortais (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2010 | → Difaa El Jadida (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2010–2011 | Alahly Benghazi | 11 | (1) |
2011–2012 | SC Angérien | ||
National team‡ | |||
2001–2007 | Mali | 17 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC) |
Cheick Oumar Dabo (born 12 January 1981 in Bamako) is a Malian football player.
Dabo joined Bucheon SK in 2002. One of very few Africans playing in South Korea, Dabo earned a spot in the K-League All-Stars Soccer in 2002 and 2003, scoring in both games. He was selected for the team in 2004 as well, though was an unused substitute in that game. In the All-Stars Soccer, he played against Lee Dong-Gook and Lee Young-Pyo (in 2002) who both went on to play in the Premier League in England.
Dabo would go on to score a penalty against Asante Kotoko in his debut for JS Kabylie. In the CAF Champions League 2006 Dabo scored 3 goals, 2 of which were against Al-Ahly of Egypt. It was in the CAF Champions League 2006. In the CAF Champions League 2007 he scored 2 goals against OS Balantas of Guinea-Bissau. He scored twice against Mangasport of Gabon and once in the away leg (3–1 loss) and once in the home leg (3–0 win). He scored once against Cotonsport of Cameroon and had an assist on the other to send Kabylie to the Quarterfinals. He now has 5 goals in the CAF Champions League 2007. He was voted player of the month in February, March, April and May in the Algerian Championnat National and eventually was voted MVP of the league. Dabo ended as the top scorer in the League with 17 league goals in 27 appearances (2 as a sub). He was the first foreign player ever to be top scorer in Algeria. On 1 July it was announced that Dabo will join Le Havre in France's Ligue 2, he will join them after his last match with JSK, against ES Sahel in the Champions League. Shortly after this announcement, Dabo was given the captain's armband for JSK's match against FAR Rabat, which was his last match in which he scored twice. Dabo was the first ever non-Algerian to be captain for JSK.