Abdelmoumene Djabou

Abdelmoumene Djabou (born 31 January 1987) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[2]

Abdelmoumene Djabou
Personal information
Full name Abdelmoumene Djabou[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-31) 31 January 1987
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 MC Alger
Number 10
Youth career
USM Sétif
ES Sétif
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 ES Sétif 101 (22)
2006–2007 → MC El Eulma (loan) 23 (6)
2009–2010 → USM El Harrach (loan) 43 (7)
2012–2015 Club Africain 68 (19)
2016–2019 ES Sétif 49 (3)
2018 → Al-Nassr (loan) 7 (1)
2019– MC Alger 2 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Algeria U20 1 (0)
2010–2018 Algeria A' 12 (3)
2010– Algeria 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 19, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, January 31, 2018 (EST)

An Algerian international since 2010, Djabou was a member of the Algerian teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. As of March 2015, he has won 12 international caps and scored 3 goals.

Djabou is Algeria's all-time top scorer at the FIFA World Cup with two goals, a record he shares with Salah Assad and Islam Slimani.

Club career

Djabou came through the junior ranks of his hometown club ES Sétif with the exception of one season with USM Sétif.[3] He made his senior debut during the 2004–05 season, making two league appearances. The following season, he made another two appearances. He spent the 2006–07 season on loan to MC El Eulma.

On 30 September 2008, Djabou was loaned out to Swiss club FC Sion.[4] However, after a month with the club, his paperwork had still not cleared and Djabou returned to ES Sétif.

In January 2009, Djabou was loaned out to USM El Harrach. Djabou made his début for USM El Harrach on 19 February 2009, against NA Hussein Dey coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Gharbi.[5] He scored his first goal for the club against his former club MC El Eulma in the 17th minute, with the end result being 2-2.[6] He scored his second goal against RC Kouba in the 1st minute, with the final result ending at 5-1.[7] He appeared in 12 games and scored 2 goals during his first loan spell at USM El Harrach. He also spent the 2009-2010 season on loan with the club, scoring 5 goals in 31 appearances.[8] On 9 June 2010, he returned to ES Sétif.[9]

On 13 June 2012, Djabou signed a two-year contract with Tunisian side Club Africain.[10]

International career
Abdelmoumene Djabou (in white) in a friendly match with Romania

On 18 September 2010, Djabou was called up to the Algerian national team by new coach Abdelhak Benchikha for a qualifier against the Central African Republic.[11]

Djabou competed for Algeria at the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan, helping the Desert Foxes reach the semi-finals.[12]

In Algeria, he is commonly known as the Algeria's Messi, mainly because skillset reminding of Lionel Messi, and his small size.

He appeared twice during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, and was selected for Algeria's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals on 2 June 2014.[13] On 22 June, Djabou scored the third goal for Les Fennecs in a 4–2 World Cup group match win against South Korea.[14] He also scored the team's consolation goal in the 120th minute of a 2–1 extra time defeat by Germany in the round of 16.[15]

International goals
Scores and results table. Algeria's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 August 2013Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria Guinea2–02–2Friendly[16]
2.22 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil South Korea3–04–22014 FIFA World Cup[14]
3.30 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Germany1–21–22014 FIFA World Cup[15]

Honours
ES Sétif
Club Africain

References
  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "Mercato : Abdelmoumen Djabou rejoint le MC Alger".
  3. Halim (12 April 2006). "Interview : Djabou Abdelmoumin (U20)". DZFoot. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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  8. "Algeria - A. Djabou - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  9. "Djazairsport.com". www.djazairsport.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. Toufik O. (13 June 2012). "Transferts : Djabou officiellement au Club Africain" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  11. Liste des joueurs convoqués pour le match République Cen Archived 21 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Abdelmoumene DJABOU". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  13. "Algeria World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  14. "South Korea 2-4 Algeria". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  15. "Germany 2-1 Algeria". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  16. "Algeria vs. Guinea - 14 August 2013 - Soccerway".
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