Garra Dembélé
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Garra Dembélé | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Gennevilliers, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Dubai CSC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | CSM Puteaux | ||
| 1999–2002 | INF Clairefontaine | ||
| 2002–2006 | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Auxerre B | 40 | (13) |
| 2007 | Istres | 12 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Aarhus GF | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Pierikos | 32 | (6) |
| 2010 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Levski Sofia | 25 | (26) |
| 2011–2013 | SC Freiburg | 19 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Wuhan Zall (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Dubai CSC | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | France U18 | ? | (1) |
| 2004 | France U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2011– | Mali | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 February 2012 |
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Garra Dembélé (born 21 February 1986) is a French-born Malian footballer.
Born in Gennevilliers, Dembélé began his career in INF Clairefontaine, before being transferred to Auxerre. On 1 June 2006, he was released from the club for disciplinary reasons. In January 2007, he joined Istres. After six months there, Dembélé moved to AGF Århus. In July 2008, he signed with Pierikos in Greece.
After a year and a half, in which he played 32 games and scored six goals, Dembélé left Pierikos to sign with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv in January 2010. He appeared in 14 games for the Smurfs and scored five goals.
On 5 June 2010, it was announced that Dembélé had signed for Levski Sofia. On 9 June 2010, Dembélé was officially presented as a Levski Sofia player. The transfer fee was around €200,000 on a three-year contract. He made his unofficial debut against Metalist Kharkiv on 1 July 2010 and scored in a 3–2 win.
His official debut for Levski was in a match against Dundalk F.C., in the second qualifying round for Europa League. Levski had won the first match 6–0, with Dembélé scoring once. In the return match Levski won 0–2, with Dembele scoring both goals. In the first round of the A PFG Dembélé scored the winning goal for Levski in the Eternal Derby against CSKA Sofia.
He scored a further two goals in the next Europa League qualification round against Swedish Kalmar FF. The play-off against AIK Fotboll saw Dembélé scoring another decisive goal for his new club, ensuring Levski's qualification to the Group stages of the Europa League. They were drawn in Group C alongside Gent, Lille and Sporting CP. With his six goals in six games Dembélé was the leading goalscorer in the Europa League qualification matches.On 9 August 2010, Dembélé scored his first hat-trick for Levski against Lokomotiv Sofia. The result of the match was 3–1 with a home win for Levski Sofia. He further added to his tally in the competition by scoring in the 3–2 home win against Gent in UEFA Europa League, scoring his seventh goal in the competition. With this win Levski recorded an eight-match unbeaten run in European competitions, a run which was ended after Levski suffered a heavy 5–0 defeat against Sporting CP, followed by another loss against Lille. In Sofia, Levski played very well against Lille, with Dembélé scoring the opening goal in the match. The Blues were leading 2–1 until Ivo Ivanov scored an own goal to make it 2–2. In the last match of Group C, already eliminated Levski won against Sporting CP 1–0 - the winning goal was scored by Daniel Mladenov, who was assisted by Dembélé.
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