Ousmane Dabo

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Ousmane Dabo
Personal information
Date of birth	February 8, 1977 (age 30)
Place of birth	Laval, Mayenne, France
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Manchester City
Number	5
Youth clubs
1982-1985 1985-1990 1990-1995	Forcé Stade Lavallois Rennes
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1998 1998-1999 1999 1999-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2006 2006-	Rennes Inter Milan → Vicenza (loan) Parma Monaco Vicenza Atalanta Lazio Manchester City	40 (2) 13 (0) 13 (0) 16 (0) 16 (0) 17 (1) 52 (4) 79 (3) 13 (0)
National team2
2003	France	03 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ousmane Dabo (born February 8, 1977 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French football midfielder. After interest from a variety of premiership clubs in 2006 Dabo signed for Manchester City.^[1] He told the club's official website that:

“

I'm very happy because I had many offers from other clubs, but I chose Manchester City because it's a very big club with a big history. I played against City in a friendly here two years ago for Lazio, and when I saw how the fans were here, I was in love!. He also said that he really enjoyed being here then, and I was excited when the Club contacted me. I thought the stadium was beautiful as well.

”

Commenting on manager Stuart Pearce he said:

“

He was a famous player and I know a lot about him, but I spoke with him and I could tell that he wanted me to come here. He has seen me play and it was important for me to know that he was interested in me. Now I know that I have to prove my value to the team.

”

His younger brother, Moussa, plays for Oldham Athletic and is also a midfielder.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Club career

• 1995-1998: Rennes
• 1998-1999: Internazionale & Vicenza on loan
• 1999-2000: Internazionale & Parma
• 2000-2001: Monaco & Vicenza
• 2001-2003: Atalanta
• 2003-2004: Lazio co-ownership with Atalanta
• 2003-2006: Lazio
• 2006-present: Manchester City

[edit] International career

• France national football team
  • 2003
  • debut against Japan

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Ousmane Dabo career stats at Soccerbase
• UEFA.com short bios.
• archivio.inter.it
• sslazio.it (Italian)
• fff.fr (French)

Manchester City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Isaksson | 2 Richards | 3 Ball | 4 Jordan | 5 Dabo | 7 Ireland | 8 Barton | 9 Mpenza | 10 Abdoun | 11 Vassell | 12 Weaver | 14 Dickov | 15 Distin | 16 Onuoha | 17 Sun | 18 Mills | 20 Samaras | 21 Hamann | 22 Dunne | 24 Beasley | 27 Trabelsi | 28 Sinclair | 30 Corradi | 33 Johnson | 36 Sturridge | 39 Laird | 43 Miller | Manager: Pearce