Kassim Doumbia (born 6 October 1990) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defender for

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. He has previously played for ASKO,

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, FH, and

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Career

Kassim Doumbia started playing football on the streets of the Malian capital

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. His first club in his home country was ASKO. In the winter of the 2008–09 season, he signed a contract with the Belgian club

, where he spent his first half of the season in Gent's B team. In his second season, the club promoted him to the first team. He did not, however, play any official matches during the 2009–10 season. In 2010, he was put out on a year-long loan to the second division side

. In June 2011, he signed a contract with

for the next two seasons, and at the beginning of his time with the club, they were promoted to the

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. On 22 December 2012 he scored his first goal for his club in a 2–2 away tie against

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. In April 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Icelandic club

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and prolonged his contract for two more years until the end of 2017. With FH, he won two Icelandic championships. In December 2017, he signed with the Slovenian club

. In January 2019, he left the club without making a single appearance in official matches after his contract was mutually terminated. Doumbia then joined Belgian club

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in the summer 2019. In January 2020, he was sent down to Lierse's B-team alongside François D'Onofrio.Lierse Kempenzonen stuurt D’Onofrio en Doumbia naar B-kern
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* 1990 births Living people Malian men's footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders KAA Gent players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players S.K. Beveren players Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players NK Maribor players Lierse S.K. (2018) players Belgian Pro League players Belgian Third Division players Challenger Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Malian sportsmen {{Mali-footy-bio-stub