Ousmane Dembele
Ousmane Dembele was born in Vernon, Normandy, France on May 15th, 1997 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 26, Ousmane Dembele biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Masour Ousmane Dembélé (born 15 May 1997), a French professional footballer, competes for Spanish club Barcelona and the French national team as a forward. Born in Vernon, Dembélé started his career at Rennes before joining Dortmund in 2016.
In the 2016-17 season, he beat Die Borussen in the DFB-Pokal, scoring a goal in the final.
He migrated to Barcelona for a first fee of €105 million, making him the joint-second most expensive footballer ever alongside compatriot Paul Pogba.
In an injury-riddled first season in Spain, Dembélé gained the double of La Liga and Copa del Rey. Dembélé made his senior international debut for France in 2016, winning 20 caps and scoring five goals at youth level.
He was selected in France's squad for the 2018 World Cup, which the team won.
Personal life
Dembele is a practising Muslim. Since December 2019, he has been married to a Moroccan woman in a Moroccan traditional ceremony. They have a daughter who was born in September 2022. He is a sponsor of Leeds United's Premier League club.
When Dembélé, alongside fellow teammate Antoine Griezmann, circulated online in a video clip involving him and other Asian technicians in their hotel room, he was embroiled in a racial controversy in July 2021. Dembélé made a remark in French when the technicians appeared to be troubleshooting the room's television, saying, "All these ugly faces, just so you can play PES," says the technician. "What the fuckin word means?" says the narrator. While laughing at one of the technicians' faces, he said, "Are you technologically advanced in your region or not?" says the technician. "Italian immigrants. "
Early life and career
Dembélé was born in Vernon, Eure, Normandy. His mother, Mariama Suhoe, is from Waly Diantang, while his father, Ferdinand, is Malian. He took his first football steps in Évreux, near ALMÉvreux, first at ALM Évreux and then at Évreux FC 27, between the ages of 12 and 13.
Club career
On September 6, 2014, Dembélé made his senior debut for Rennes' reserve team in the Champnat de France Amateur, becoming a 78th-minute replacement for Zana Allée. He effectively set up Alseny Kourouma for his second goal of a 2–0 home win over Guingamp's reserves. In a game against the reserves of Laval on November 9, he scored his first career goal, this time off the bench. In his first season, he had scored in 18 games, including a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over Hérouville on May 16, 2015.
Dembélé made his professional debut against Rennes' first team in Ligue 1 on Friday, defeating Kamil Grosicki for the last five minutes of the game. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal for the first team against Bordeaux on November 22nd, resulting in a 2–2 draw at Roazhon Park. Dembélé found the net again for Les Rouges et Noirs on January 9, 2016, going from 0–2 down to 2–2 against regional rivals Lorient at home. In a 4–1 victory over Nantes in the Derby Breton, he scored his first Ligue 1 hat-trick on March 6th.
Mikael Silvestre, Rennes' sporting director, likened Dembélé to Cristiano Ronaldo, who had seen him arrive at Manchester United around the same age.
Dembélé joined German side Borussia Dortmund on May 12th, signing a five-year deal that goes into operation on July 1st. In the DFL-Supercup's second round defeat over Bayern Munich on August 14, he made his debut in a 2–0 loss. In a Bundesliga match against VfL Wolfsburg, which Dortmund defeated 5–1 at the Volkswagen Arena on September 20, he scored his first goal for Borussen. As the German club defeated Legia Warsaw 8–4 in a group stage meeting on November 22, he scored his first Champions League goal of his career.
Dembélé scored the 74th-minute winner against Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal's semi-final on April 26, 2017, assisting Dortmund in reaching the cup final. Dortmund clinched their first major title in five years by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2017 DFB-Pokal Final on May 27th. He scored the first goal of a 2–1 victory. Dembélé was then voted Man of the Match. Dembélé was named to the Bundesliga Team of the Season and named Rookie of the Season after the season ended, and was given the league's Rookie of the Season award.
Barcelona reported on August 25 that they had reached an agreement to sign Dembélé for €105 million plus a reported €40 million add-ons. On August 28, he had his medical and signed a five-year contract, with his buyout clause set at €400 million. Barcelona had just sold Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million, so Dembélé became the joint-second most expensive player (in euros), as well as Paul Pogba. Rennes received a reported €20 million from Borussia Dortmund as a result of the purchase, and Évreux 27 were also responsible for the fee. Neymar's number 11 shirt had been worn before.
In a 5–0 Derbi barcelon victory over Espanyol at the Camp Nou on September 9, Dembélé made his 68th-minute replacement for Gerard Deulofeu. He was assisting with the final goal by Luis Suárez on his debut on September 9th. He strained his hamstring and was ruled out for four months as he began his league career eight days earlier at Getafe. On January 2, 2018, he was given the medical clearance, but a few weeks later, he hurt himself against Real Sociedad and was barred from serving for up to four weeks. Dembélé scored his first goal for Barcelona on March 14th, scoring his second goal in a 3–0 second leg victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 matches. He scored his first La Liga goal on April 17th, the first goal in an eventual 2–2 draw with Celta Vigo. Dembélé scored twice in a 5–1 home win over Villarreal on May 9th, marking his first brace of his Blaugrana career. Dembélé won both the Copa del Rey and La Liga champion's medals in his first season in Spain, with the 20-year-old scoring four goals in 24 appearances across all divisions.
In an eventual 2–1 victory over Barcelona, Dembélé scored the winning goal against Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup on August 12th, winning them their 13th Supercopa de Espana title. On August 25, the José Zorrilla scored his first goal of the game against Real Valladolid, his first goal of the season. Dembélé scored his first Champions League goal of the season on Sunday, defeating Barça 4–0 at the Camp Nou on September 18th. He inspired Barcelona to a 3–2 victory over Rayo Vallecano on November 4th, scoring the equalizer with a half-volley in the 87th minute. On December 11, he scored a spectacular solo goal against Tottenham Hotspur outpacing several players, winning with a cool left footed shot over Hugo Lloris. For that cause, he was named UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week. Ernesto Valverde, Barça's manager, lauded the youngster's performance, saying, "He has achieved a great goal, within reach of players with his ability."
In the first match of the 2019-20 La Liga season, Dembélé strained his left hamstring in the first match of the 2019-20 La Liga season, defeating Athletic Bilbao by 0–1 defeat, he was projected to miss five weeks. He sustained a significant hamstring tear in February 2020 and, after surgery, was not expected to return for six months. Despite the season's extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he'll miss the remainder of the season.
Dembélé scored his first Champions League goal of the season on October 28th in a 2–0 victory over Juventus.
In a 3–1 home victory over Celta Vigo on May 10th, 2022, Dembélé scored two assists. In 2022, he was his 10th and 11th league assists. With 13 assists, he will finish the 2021-22 La Liga season as the league's best playmaker.
Dembélé's contract with Barcelona ended on July 20, 2022, 2022, until June 2024.
International career
After Alexandre Lacazette and Nabil Fekir suffered with illness, Dembélé was called up to the senior France squad for the first time against Italy and Belarus in August 2016. He made his debut against the former at the Stadio San Nicola on September 1st, replacing Antoine Griezmann for the final 27 minutes of a 3–1 friendly victory over Italy. In a 3–2 friendly victory over England on June 13, Dembélé scored his first France goal in his first France victory.
He was called up to the 23-man French squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on May 17th. In the final, France beat Croatia 4–2 on July 15-16, leaving him an unavoidable substitute.