Seydou Doumbia facts for kids
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Doumbia with Basel in 2016
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| Full name | Seydou Doumbia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Centre Formation d'Inter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Athlétic d'Adjamé | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | → Toumodi (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → ASEC Mimosas (loan) | 14 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | → AS Denguélé (loan) | 20 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Tokushima Vortis (loan) | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Young Boys | 64 | (50) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | CSKA Moscow | 95 | (61) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Roma | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Basel (loan) | 25 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Girona | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Sion | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ħamrun Spartans | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 338 | (184) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Ivory Coast | 37 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Seydou Doumbia (born December 31, 1987) is a former professional footballer from Ivory Coast. He played as a forward, which means he was mainly responsible for scoring goals.
Doumbia started his career in Ivory Coast and Japan. In 2008, he moved to Europe to play for the Swiss club Young Boys. There, he became a top scorer and was named player of the year for two seasons in the Swiss Super League. In 2010, he joined CSKA Moscow in Russia. With CSKA, he won six national trophies and was the top scorer in the Russian Premier League twice.
In 2015, Doumbia moved to Roma in Italy. He spent a lot of his time there on loan to other clubs. One of these loans was to Basel for the 2016–17 season, where he won the league and the Swiss Cup. He was also the top scorer in the Swiss league for a third time.
Doumbia also played for his country, Ivory Coast, starting in 2008. He was part of their teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 and 2015. His team won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.
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Club Football Journey
Starting Out in Football
Seydou Doumbia began his football journey at the Inter FC youth academy. In 2003, he started playing for AS Athlétic Adjamé, a team in the second division. He then went on loan to Toumodi for the 2004–05 season.
In 2005, he was loaned to AS Denguélé. There, he became the top scorer in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division by scoring 15 goals. In 2006, Doumbia moved to Japan. He played for Kashiwa Reysol and then Tokushima Vortis until his contract ended in 2008.
Success with Young Boys
In the summer of 2008, Doumbia joined the Swiss club Young Boys. He quickly became a star player. In his first season (2008–09) in the Swiss Super League, he scored 20 goals. The next season (2009–10), he scored an amazing 30 goals. This made him the top goal scorer in the Swiss Championship twice!
On July 30, 2009, Doumbia scored the only goal in a Europa League qualifying match against Athletic Bilbao. Young Boys won that game 1–0. He also scored five goals in the 2009 Swiss Cup Final run.
Doumbia scored his first hat-trick (three goals in one game) for Young Boys on October 4, 2009, in a 4–0 win against Aarau. He scored another hat-trick just three weeks later. His great performances caught the attention of bigger clubs in Europe. He left Young Boys having scored 50 league goals in just 64 games.
Time at CSKA Moscow
On January 5, 2010, the Russian club CSKA Moscow signed Doumbia for five years. The transfer fee was reported to be €15 million. He stayed with Young Boys until the end of that season before moving to Russia.
He played his first game for CSKA Moscow on August 1, 2010, in a 2–1 win against Spartak Moscow. This made him the 200th player to appear for CSKA in the Russian league.
Doumbia scored his first goals for CSKA Moscow on August 19, 2010, in a Europa League playoff game. He scored two goals in that match. He continued to score important goals in the Europa League, including two goals against Palermo on October 21.
In the Russian Cup final on May 22, 2011, Doumbia scored two goals to help CSKA win 2–1 against Alania Vladikavkaz.
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Doumbia had an amazing season in 2011–12. On September 14, he scored twice in the Champions League against Lille, helping his team get a 2–2 draw. He scored two more goals against Trabzonspor on October 18. On October 28, he scored a hat-trick in just seven minutes against Spartak Nalchik, leading his team to a 4–0 win.
On December 7, Doumbia scored the first goal against Internazionale, helping CSKA win 2–1 away from home. This win secured their spot in the next round of the Champions League. On December 29, he was voted the Russian Premier League Player of the Year. He scored 24 goals in 30 league games that year, plus five Champions League goals.
Doumbia won the Golden Boot award for being the top scorer in the Russian league in 2011–12, with 23 goals. He also provided 11 assists. On November 5, 2014, he scored two goals in a Champions League group stage match against Manchester City, helping CSKA win 2–1.
Moving to Roma and Loans
On January 31, 2015, Doumbia joined the Italian club Roma. He signed a four-and-a-half-year deal. He scored two goals in his 13 games for Roma.
Loans to CSKA Moscow and Newcastle United
On August 10, 2015, Doumbia returned to CSKA Moscow on a loan deal for the season. This was after his short time with Roma.
On February 1, 2016, Doumbia was loaned to Newcastle United in England for the rest of the 2015–16 season. However, this loan was not very successful. He only played in three games, all as a substitute, and did not score any goals. Newcastle was relegated to a lower league that season.
Loan to Basel
On June 28, 2016, Basel in Switzerland announced that they had signed Doumbia on a one-year loan from Roma. He joined Basel for their 2016–17 season. He played his first game for Basel on July 24, 2016, in a 3–0 home win against Sion, and he scored his first goal in that same game.
Doumbia played in all six of Basel's games in the 2016–17 Champions League group stage, scoring one goal. At the end of the 2016–17 Super League season, Doumbia helped Basel win the Swiss Super League championship. This was their eighth league title in a row and their 20th overall. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, meaning they won both the league and cup in the same season.
Basel decided not to sign Doumbia permanently because the price was too high. During his time with Basel, he played 33 games and scored 21 goals.
Loan to Sporting CP
On June 30, 2017, Doumbia went on his fourth loan since joining Roma, this time to Sporting CP in Portugal. He played his first game for Sporting on August 11.
Doumbia scored his first goal for Sporting on August 23, helping them win 5–1 against FC Steaua București in a Champions League play-off game. On December 13, he scored a hat-trick in the Taça de Portugal (Portuguese Cup) against Vilaverdense, with Sporting winning 4–0.
Later Career
On August 28, 2018, Doumbia signed a three-year contract with Girona in Spain. On January 16, 2019, he scored a late goal in the Copa del Rey against Atlético Madrid. This goal helped Girona move to the quarter-finals. After Girona was relegated, he left the club on August 13, 2020.
Doumbia returned to Switzerland's top league on September 2, 2019, joining Sion on a one-year deal. However, on March 20, 2020, he and eight teammates were let go from the club because they did not agree to a pay cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On January 27, 2021, Doumbia joined Ħamrun Spartans, a team in the Premier League in Malta. He signed a six-month contract with them.
Playing for Ivory Coast
Doumbia played his first international game for Ivory Coast on May 24, 2008, in a friendly match against Japan. He scored his first goal for his country on November 18, 2009, in a 2–2 friendly draw against Germany.
He was chosen to play for Ivory Coast in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He played in one game, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 win against North Korea.
Doumbia was also part of the Ivory Coast team for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
He announced his retirement from international football after not being selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However, he was later called back by the new coach, Hervé Renard, for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals, Doumbia scored Ivory Coast's first goal of the tournament in their opening 1–1 draw with Guinea. He became a champion of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast national football team.
Family Life
Seydou Doumbia has a brother named Ousmane Doumbia, who is also a footballer.
Honours and Awards
CSKA Moscow
- Russian Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14
- Russian Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13
- Russian Super Cup: 2013, 2014
FC Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2016–17
- Swiss Cup: 2016–17
Sporting CP
- Taça da Liga: 2017–18
Ħamrun Spartans
- Maltese Premier League: 2020–21
Ivory Coast National Team
- Africa Cup of Nations: 2015 (Winner); 2012 (Runner-up)
Individual Awards
- Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division Top scorer: 2005
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10
- Swiss Super League Top scorer: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016–17
- Russian Cup Top scorer: 2010–11
- Futbol Footballer of the Year in Russia: 2011, 2014
- Sport-Express Footballer of the Year in Russia: 2011
- Russian Premier League Player of the Month: November 2014
- Russian Premier League Player of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- Russian Premier League Forward of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- Russian Premier League Top scorer: 2011–12, 2013–14
Images for kids
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Doumbia with Basel in 2016
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Seydou Doumbia with CSKA in 2010
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Seydou Doumbia in a match against FC Ufa, 2014
See also
In Spanish: Seydou Doumbia para niños
