Ebrima Darboe (born 6 June 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie B club Frosinone, on loan from Roma. He also plays for the Gambia national team.[1]
.jpg) Darboe in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Bakoteh, The Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Frosinone (on loan from Roma) | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Young Rieti | ||
| 2017–2021 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Roma | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → LASK (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Frosinone (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Gambia | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024 | |||
Early life
editEbrima Darboe was born in Bakoteh, a district of Serekunda in The Gambia.[2][3][4] He left his birth country aged 14, alone, arriving in Libya,[3][5] before sailing to Sicily, Italy, where he arrived as a refugee after a six-month journey.[6][7]
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.[6][8]
Club career
editDarboe joined Italian club Roma in summer 2017, making his primavera debut for the youth team in January 2019.[6][9][10] Darboe signed his first professional contract with Roma the following July, having just turned eighteen.[3][6][10] He first featured on as an unused substitute in Roma's 2–1 Serie A home victory against Milan on 27 October 2019.[5][6][10] Darboe scored his first goal for the under-19 side in October 2020,[2] and got an additional brace later that month in the Campionato Primavera.[11][12]
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.[13] On 6 May, Darboe made his UEFA Europa League debut against Manchester United, in the second leg of the semi-finals.[14] Darboe played in the Derby della Capitale against rivals Lazio on 15 May, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to do so.[15]
On 7 July 2023, Darboe was loaned to Austrian Bundesliga club LASK for the 2023–24 season.[16] On 1 February 2024, this loan was cut short, and Darboe was then loaned to Serie B club Sampdoria.[17]
International career
editOn 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.[18] He debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over Niger on 6 June 2021.[19]
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.[20][21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 23 August 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Roma | 2020–21 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| LASK (loan) | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
- ^ Includes Austrian Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 19 January 2024.[22]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Honours
editRoma
References
edit- ^ a b Ebrima Darboe at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ a b Camara, Arfang M.S. (6 October 2020). "Ebrima Darboe scores first Roma goal". The Point. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Pediglieri, Alessio (27 October 2019). "La favola di Ebrima Darboe: da rifugiato alla prima squadra in soli 4 anni". Sport Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Agresti, Stefano (27 October 2019). "E' arrivato col barcone, pesava 50 chili: l'incredibile favola di Darboe, pronto al debutto in Roma-Milan". Calciomercato.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b Pinci, Matteo (28 October 2019). "La traversata di "Ibra" Darboe: da 15enne solo sul barcone a promessa romanista in Serie A". la Repubblica. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Darboe, da rifugiato alla panchina in Roma-Milan". Sky Sport (in Italian). 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "La favola del 18enne Ebrima Darboe, dall'arrivo in Italia su un barcone alla panchina con la Roma in Serie A". Castelli Notizie (in Italian). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Ebrima Darboe's story is a football fairytale". AS Roma. 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Cavoli, Giacomo (24 January 2019). "Ebrima Darboe ha debuttato con la Primavera della Roma, la gioia dello Young Rieti: "Esempio positivo per tutti"". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "AS Rome: la belle histoire de Darboe, arrivé comme migrant". RMC Sport (in French). 28 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Camara, Arfang M.S. (20 October 2020). "Ebrima Darboe's brace guided Roma U-19 to comfortable win – The Point". The Point. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Alberto De Rossi: "Soddisfatto per la vittoria". Darboe: "Ora sono più motivato"". Forzaroma.info (in Italian). Gazetta dello Sport. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Ebrima Darboe makes Serie A debut". AS Roma. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "La gioia di Darboe: "E' un'emozione incredibile. Sono fuggito dall'Africa per inseguire il mio sogno"". Goal.com (in Italian). 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Roma-Lazio, gara da record per Darboe: è il primo millennial a giocare il derby" (in Italian).
- ^ "Welcome, Ebrima Darboe!". LASK. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Ebrima Darboe joins Sampdoria on loan". AS Roma. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Roma's Ebrima Darboe earn first Gambia call-up, as Ali Sowe and Yusupha Njie left out". The Point. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Match Report of Gambia vs Niger – 2021-06-05 – FIFA Friendlies". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
- ^ "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Ebrima Darboe profile". National Football Teams. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
External links
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- Profile at the AS Roma website
- Ebrima Darboe at Soccerway