Abdou Doumbia
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Abdou Doumbia is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 footballer who plays for Como Calcio on loan from Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

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Biography

Born in France with French father and Malian mother, Doumbia spent most of his youth career in the subrub of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 . He started his career with a club in Le Blanc-Mesnil
Le Blanc-Mesnil
Le Blanc-Mesnil is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle International Airport and le Bourget Airport.-Name:...

 at age of 8, and spent 1 year each in Paris FC
Paris FC
Paris Football Club is a French association football club based in Paris. The club was founded in 1969 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Paris plays its home matches at the Stade Charléty located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris...

 and Noisy-le-Sec
Olympique Noisy-le-Sec
Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Banlieue 93 is a French association football team founded in 1943. They are based in Noisy-le-Sec, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group A, the fourth tier in the French football league system...

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Doumbia left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pescara
Pescara Calcio
Delfino Pescara 1936 is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A...

 in 2008-09 season. Mainly a player of Berretti team
Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti is an Italian football competition played by youth teams of Serie C clubs, organized by the Professional League. Serie A, Serie B and Serie D clubs are admitted after request...

, he made his first team debut on 8 October 2008, a Coppa Italia Lega Pro match that won Celano
Celano F.C. Olimpia
Celano F.C. Marsica is an Italian association football from Celano, Abruzzo.The club was founded in 1978, and has played Serie D/F in 2005/2006, ending it in second place, and successively reaching the Serie D playoff finals; therefore, Celano has played Serie C2 in 2006/2007 and currently plays...

 4–0. He also played the second match that 3–5 lost to Foggia
U.S. Foggia
Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club, based in Foggia, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A in 1995....

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With Pescara, he scored 14 goals for the youth team.

Doumbia played for Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 side Santegidiese
Santegidiese Calcio 1948 S.S.D.
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Santegidiese is an Italian association football club based in Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata, Abruzzo. They currently play in Serie D. Their official colors are yellow and red....

 in 2009–10 season, scored 8 goals, his profermance made Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 side Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

 offered him a contract near the end of season.

In July 2010 he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Atletico Roma on loan along with Gianluca Lapadula
Gianluca Lapadula
Gianluca Lapadula is an Italian footballer who plays for Parma.-Biography:Born in Turin, Piedmont, Lapadula started his career with Juventus FC from 1996 to 2004. Then he played in RivoliCollegno, which located in Rivoli, the Province of Turin...

 (loan), Abel Gigli
Abel Gigli
Abel Gigli resident in Fagnano Olona, is an Italian professional football player of Italian and Somalian origin currently under contract with Parma F.C....

 (loan) and Alessio Tombesi
Alessio Tombesi
Alessio Tombesi is an Italian footballer. He plays for Triestina.-Career:Tombesi started his career at Viterbese of Serie B. He then played for Frosinone of Serie D and won promotion in summer 2001....

 (co–ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal) for undisclosed fee, as part of the deal that Lega Pro Seconda Divisione top–scorer Daniel Ciofani
Daniel Ciofani
Daniel Ciofani is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Gubbio, on loan from Parma.A right footed striker, Ciofani had spent 3½ seasons in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , scoring 50 goals, and additional 2 in playoffs...

 moved to opposite direction in another co–ownership deal for undisclosed fee.

Doumbia made his club debut on 8 August 2010, the opening match of the season. He replaced Francesco Mazzarani at extra time, which Atletico Roma lost 1–2 to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...

 in the Coppa Italia
2010–11 Coppa Italia
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 match.

On 11 January 2011 he was signed by Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...

 on loan for the remainder of the season.

In July 2011, he joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Como Calcio on a season-long loan deal.

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