Moussa Doumbia (born 15 August 1994) is a professional

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who plays as an

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and

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for French side

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. Born in Ivory Coast, he plays for the Mali national team.

Club career

On 16 June 2014, Doumbia signed a four-year contract with

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of the

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. His previous team

AS Real Bamako Association Sportive du Real Bamako, commonly referred to as Real Bamako is a Malian professional football club based in Bamako. They compete in the Malian Première Division, top division of Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Modibo ...

, and was a free agent before sigining for Rostov. On 25 February 2017, Doumbia signed for

Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula () is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League in 2014 for the first time in its histo ...

on loan for the rest of the 2016–17 season. On 27 June 2018, he signed a four-year contract with French club

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. On 29 June 2022, Doumbia joined

on a three-year deal. This was seen as his best spell of his senior career, scoring 11 goals in 34 appearances. Shortly after a single season at Sochaux, he joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Adalah., on 3 August 2023. On 1 February 2025, Doumbia returned to

, signing on for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

International career

Doumbia made his debut for

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

on 29 June 2014 in a 3–1 victory over

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. In a match against

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

in October 2016, Doumbia lost consciousness following a collision with an Ivorian player.

Serge Aurier Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier (; born 24 December 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back and captains the Ivory Coast national team. Aurier moved to France as a child and played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-G ...

, player of the Ivory Coast national team, helped save Doumbia's life by putting two fingers inside his mouth as a makeshift tracheal tube to keep his airways open, preventing him from suffocating.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doumbia goal.''

References

External links

Rostov Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doumbia, Moussa 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bouaké Men's association football midfielders Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Malian people of Ivorian descent Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian people of Malian descent Sportspeople of Malian descent Russian Premier League players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Saudi First Division League players FC Rostov players FC Arsenal Tula players Stade de Reims players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Al-Adalah FC players Malian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players People with epilepsy 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen