Idrissa Doumbia (born 14 April 1998) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Al Ahli and the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Doumbia made his Anderlecht debut on 30 July 2016 in the first game of the

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2016–17 season against

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. In the 2017 Belgian Super Cup he made his first start for Zulte Waregem, against his parent club, Anderlecht. On 29 June 2018, he signed with the

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club

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. On 15 January 2019, he moved to Portugal, signing a contract with Sporting until 2024 with a €60 million release clause. On 5 October of the following year, he was loaned to

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side

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, for one year. On 31 August 2021, he returned to Zulte Waregem on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 5 August 2022, Sporting loaned Doumbia to Turkish side

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for the 2022–23 season. On 26 June 2023, Doumbia joined

side Al-Ahli SC on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract; with Sporting CP keeping 50% of his economic rights.

International career

Doumbia made his debut for the Ivory Coast U20 in a 3–2 friendly win over the Qatar U20s on 21 March 2016. Doumbia debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.

Career statistics

Honours

Sporting *

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: 2018–19 Ivory Coast U23 *

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runner-up:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Ivory Coast *

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doumbia, Idrissa 1998 births Living people People from Yamoussoukro Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players S.V. Zulte Waregem players FC Akhmat Grozny players Sporting CP footballers SD Huesca footballers Alanyaspor footballers Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Belgian Pro League players Russian Premier League players La Liga players Süper Lig players Qatar Stars League players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Ivory Coast 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations–winning players 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen