Moussa Doumbia

Moussa Doumbia (born 4 April 1989) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a defender for French fourth-tier club Granville. He previously played for Le Mans and in Ligue 2 for FC Istres. He has been capped for the Burkina Faso national team.

For midfielder from Mali, see Moussa Doumbia (footballer, born 1994).
Moussa Doumbia
Personal information
Full name Moussa Doumbia
Date of birth 4 April 1989 (1989-04-04) (age 31)
Place of birth Bingerville, Ivory Coast[1][2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Le Mans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Istres 3 (0)
2012–2018 Le Mans[lower-alpha 1] 86 (4)
2012– Le Mans B 57 (2)
2018– Granville 25 (0)
National team
2011– Burkina Faso 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2019

Club career

Doumbia moved to FC Istres in 2009 and played for Istres B in 2009–10, but failed to progress to the club's first team until the next season. He made three league appearances for Istres in the 2010–11 season, featuring against FC Metz, Stade Lavallois and AC Ajaccio.[3] Istres lost two and drew one of these games. Doumbia also made one appearance in the 2010–11 Coupe de France for Istres, scoring in his side's 3–2 loss to Nimes Olympique in the eighth round of the competition. He moved back to Istres' "B" team for the 2011–12 season. He later scored on his first season appearance for the B team.[1]

Doumbia signed for Le Mans in 2012 and remained with the club for six seasons before moving on to National 2 club Granville in 2018.[3]

International career

Doumbia made his debut for the Burkina Faso national team on 29 August 2011 in a 3–0 friendly defeat to South Africa.[4][5][2]

Notes
  1. Figures only include 2014–15 season onwards

References
  1. Moussa Doumbia at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. Moussa Doumbia at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Moussa Doumbia at Soccerway
  4. Public Eye News - Bafana make a meal out of Burkinabe Archived 11 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 August 2011
  5. MSN Arabia news - African "Mourinho" picks four new Burkinabe Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 August 2011


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