Bryan Dabo

Bryan Boulaye Kevin Dabo (born 18 February 1992) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for SPAL on loan from Fiorentina in the Serie A.[2][3]

Bryan Dabo
Personal information
Full name Bryan Boulaye Kevin Dabo[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SPAL
Number 14
Youth career
2000–2006 Burel FC
2006–2007 Aubagne FC
2007–2010 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Montpellier 76 (7)
2012–2014 Montpellier B 21 (1)
2014 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2018 Saint-Étienne 30 (2)
2018– Fiorentina 33 (2)
2020– → SPAL (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2013 France U21 1 (0)
2018– Burkina Faso 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:39, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 April 2018

Club career

Montpellier

Dabo made his professional debut with Montpellier on 16 May 2010 in a 3–1 win against Paris Saint-Germain coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Geoffrey Dernis.[4] He made his first start against Bastia.[5]

Blackburn Rovers (loan)

On 28 January 2014, Dabo signed for Championship club Blackburn Rovers on loan with an option of a permanent deal.[6] He was an unused substitute in a 2–0 win against Blackpool.[7] He played the full 90 minutes for Blackburn Rovers U21 against Tottenham U21.[8]

Saint-Étienne

In June 2016, Dabo joined Montpellier's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on a four-year contract. [9]

Fiorentina

On 30 January 2018, he joined Fiorentina, signing a three-and-a-half year contract. He scored his first Serie A goal in a 3-2 away win against Genoa, netting the winner. His second goal came in the 2018/2019 season, in a 3-1 victory in the derby against Empoli.

Loan to SPAL

On 13 January 2020, he joined SPAL on loan with an option to purchase.[10]

International career

Dabo was born in France to a Burkinabé father and a Malian mother.[11] He represented the France national under-21 football team once, in a friendly in 2013.[12] He was called up to the Burkina Faso national football team,[13] and the Mali national football team in 2016.[14] He made his debut for Burkina Faso on 22 March 2018.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 February 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montpellier 2009–10 Ligue 1 1000––10
2011–12 0000––00
2012–13 16030––190
2013–14 2000––20
Blackburn (loan) 2013–14 Championship 0000––00
Montpellier 2014–15 Ligue 1 21210––222
2015–16 36530––395
Total 767700000837
Saint-Étienne 2016–17 Ligue 1 1403050–220
2017–18 16210––172
Total 302405000392
Fiorentina 2017–18 Serie A 10100––101
2018–19 23130––261
Total 332300000362
SPAL (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 4010––50
Career total 14311150500016311

References
  1. "The Football Association List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2014 and 28/02/2014" (PDF). The Football League. February 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. "Bryan Dabo". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. "Bryan Dabo". ligue1.com. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. "PSG 1 Montpellier 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. "Montpellier dans le Top 10". Sport24. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. "Bryan Dabo makes Blackburn Rovers move". Football League. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. "Blackburn Rovers 2 Blackpool 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. "Rovers U21s 2 Tottenham U21s 2". Rovers. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  9. "Bryan Dabo (Montpellier) à Saint-Etienne (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  10. "BRYAN DABO È BIANCAZZURRO!" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 13 January 2020.
  11. "Bryan Dabo (Montpellier/France) : " Jouer avec le Burkina Faso, je déciderai la saison prochaine "". www.sidwaya.bf. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. "Joueur - Bryan DABO - FFF".
  13. "Burkina Faso : B.Dabo et A.Koura espérés - Football 365". 19 September 2016.
  14. "ASSE : Sélection du Mali, Bryan Dabo répond à Fousseni Diawara".
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