Ebrima Darboe

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Ebrima Darboe
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth  [it], Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 55
Youth career
2016–2017 Young Rieti
2017–2020 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Roma 5 (0)
National team‡
2021– Gambia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:49, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:54, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Ebrima Darboe (born 6 June 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the Gambia national team.[1]

Early life[]

Ebrima Darboe was born in  [it], 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  [it] – 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[]

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 0–2 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]

International career[]

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.[16] He debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over Niger on 6 June 2021.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ Ebrima Darboe at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Camara, Arfang M.S. (6 October 2020). "Ebrima Darboe scores first Roma goal". The Point. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  4. ^ 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). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Darboe, da rifugiato alla panchina in Roma-Milan". Sky Sport (in Italian). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Ebrima Darboe's story is a football fairytale". AS Roma. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "AS Rome: la belle histoire de Darboe, arrivé comme migrant". RMC Sport (in French). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. ^ Camara, Arfang M.S. (20 October 2020). "Ebrima Darboe's brace guided Roma U-19 to comfortable win - The Point". The Point. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Alberto De Rossi: "Soddisfatto per la vittoria". Darboe: "Ora sono più motivato"". Forzaroma.info (in Italian). Gazetta dello Sport. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Ebrima Darboe makes Serie A debut". AS Roma. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ "La gioia di Darboe: "E' un'emozione incredibile. Sono fuggito dall'Africa per inseguire il mio sogno"". goal.com (in Italian). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Roma-Lazio, gara da record per Darboe: è il primo millennial a giocare il derby" (in Italian).
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Match Report of Gambia vs Niger - 2021-06-05 - FIFA Friendlies". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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