Ebrima Darboe
![]() Darboe in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024 |
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]
Early life
[edit]Ebrima 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
[edit]Darboe 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
[edit]On 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]
International stats
[edit]- As of match played 19 January 2024.[22]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gambia | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Roma
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Profile at the AS Roma website
- Ebrima Darboe at Soccerway
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Serekunda
- Gambian men's footballers
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- UEFA Conference League winning players
- AS Roma players
- LASK players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Austria