Cheick Oumar Dabo (born January 12, 1981 in Bamako) is a Malian football player, who played for Difaa El Jadida on loan from Le Havre AC.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Bucheon SK

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. In the All-Stars Soccer, he played against Lee Dong-Gook, who now plays in England for Middlesbrough (in 2002 and 2003) and with Lee Young-Pyo (in 2002) who now plays in England for Tottenham Hotspur.

[edit] Kabylie

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 July 1 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.

[edit] Le Havre

Dabo made his debut for Le Havre on August 20, 2007, coming on as a sub for Nikola Nikezić against Nantes. He scored his first goal and got his first assist in the same game, after coming on as a sub against Ajaccio on September 28. Le Havre were champions of Ligue 2 in 2007/08, Dabo's first year, but Dabo only made six appearances that season, scoring one goal.

[edit] Tours

Dabo was loaned to Championnat National side Tours on January 29, 2008 after a lack of first team opportunities at Le Havre. He scored on his debut in a 4-2 win against Cherbourg. Dabo's five game scoring streak near the end of the season helped Tours to a 2nd place finish in 2007/08 to ensure their promotion back to Ligue 2. Despite interest from Tours and Dabo, Dabo did not make the move to Tours in the summer of 2008, due to Dabo's high price tag set by president of Le Havre, Jean-Pierre Louvel.

[edit] Niort

Dabo was again loaned to a Championnat National side on August 29, 2008. This time it was Niort. He made his debut against Cherbourg in a 3-3 draw on September 12, coming on in the 46th minute for Romain Jacuzzi. He had a rough time for the next few months with a combination of playing more on the wing while dealing with a foot injury and then eventually injuring his ankle and needing arthroscopic surgery to repair it. He finished the season with two goals and Niort were relegated.

[edit] Al Jadida

On 14 December 2009 Difaa El Jadida have signed the Malian forward on loan from Le Havre AC until the end of the season^[2].

[edit] Clubs

He played for Konate^[3] then for Djoliba in Bamako, Mali's capital, Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Premier Super League and then Bucheon SK in the K-League. He left Dubai Club, in the UAE League in the summer of 2006, and he joined Kabylie of Algerian Championnat National.

[edit] International career

Dabo was in Mali's African Nations Cup Squad in 2002 (the year Mali hosted the tournament). He came on for Mali in the 79th minute for Mamadou Bagayoko in their 0-1 loss to Nigeria. Dabo's great play for Kabylie earned him a call up to the national team for their African Nations Cup Qualifier against Benin on June 3, 2007 and against Sierra Leone on June 16, 2007. Dabo started both the matches.

[edit] Club career

• 2000-2001 Djoliba
• 2001-2002 Gençlerbirliği
• 2002-2004 Bucheon SK
• 2005 Dubai Club
• 2006-2007 Kabylie
• 2007-Present Le Havre
• 2008 Tours - on loan
• 2008-Present Chamois Niortais - on loan

[edit] International goals

Results list Mali's goal tally first.
Cheick Oumar Dabo: International Goals
There may be more goals, these are the ones I could find

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1[4]	April 7, 2001	Stade Modibo Keita, Bamako, Mali	Liberia	3-0	Win	WAFU Qualifier
2[4]	November 3, 2001	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali	Mauritania	3-2	Win	Amilcar Cabral Cup
3[4]	November 5, 2001	Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali	Guinea-Bissau	2-0	Win	Amilcar Cabral Cup
4[4]	November 11, 2001	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali	Guinea-Bissau	2-1	Win	Amilcar Cabral Cup 3rd Place Game

[edit] Honors

• K-League All-Star: 2002, 2003
• Algerian Championnat National Top Scorer: 2006/07
• Algerian Championnat National Most Valuable Player: 2006/07
• Ligue 2 Champion: 2007/08 (only made 6 appearances)

[edit] Additional Links

• Official Fan Site - Site dedicated to Dabo in English and French.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Cheick Oumar Dabo a signé !". http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2008/09/01/Dabo. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
2. ^ Cheikh-Omar Dabo au DHJ ?
3. ^ "JSK - Le site web de l'équipe de football Algerienne, la Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie : JSK". http://jskonline.com/news.asp?News=1267&saison=2006?rss=yes/. Retrieved 2007-02-14. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "International Matches 2001 - Africa". http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/2001af.html?rss=yes/. Retrieved 2007-02-27. 

[edit] External links

• K-League Player Record (Korean)
• Club & Country Statistics

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