Seydou Doumbia

Seydou Doumbia

Personal information
Full name	Seydou Doumbia
Date of birth	31 December 1987 (1987-12-31) (age 23)
Place of birth	Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	CSKA Moscow
Number	8
Youth career
1999-2003	Centre Formation d'Inter FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	Athlétic Adjamé
2004–2005	→ Toumodi (loan)
2005	→ Denguelé (loan)	20	(15)
2006–2008	Kashiwa Reysol	24	(3)
2008	→ Tokushima Vortis (loan)	16	(7)
2008–2010	Young Boys	64	(50)
2010–	CSKA Moscow	39	(28)
National team‡
2008–	Côte d'Ivoire	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:07, 6 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2011

Seydou Doumbia (born 31 December 1987 in Yamoussoukro) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for CSKA Moscow as a forward.

Club career

Doumbia is a striker.^[2] He started his career at the Inter FC youth academy and started playing at second division partnerclub AS Athlétic Adjamé in 2003. He joined second league team Toumodi FC on loan for the 2004/05 season and was on loan in 2005 at AS Denguélé where he became Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division top scorer with 15 goals.^[3] In 2006 he moved to Japan where he played for Kashiwa Reysol and then Tokushima Vortis, before BSC Young Boys brought him to Europe.

BSC Young Boys

In the Swiss Super League, he scored 20 goals in his maiden season and 30 in the 2009-10 season, making him twice top goalscorer in the Swiss Championship.^[4]

CSKA Moscow

On 5 January 2010, Russian club CSKA Moscow completed the transfer of Doumbia. Under the terms of the contract, he would stay at Young Boys until the end of the season before moving to Russia.^[5]

He made his debut in 2-1 win over Spartak Moscow on 1 August 2010,^[6] thereby becoming the 200th CSKA player to appear in the Russian league.^[7] On 19 August 2010, he scored his first goal for CSKA Moscow in the first leg of a Europa League playoff tie against Anorthosis Famagusta and added another goal seven minutes later.^[8] In the second leg, Doumbia leveled the score with 5 minutes to go and CSKA Moscow went on to win 2-1 (6-1 in aggregate).^[9] On 14 September 2011, he scored twice in a 2-2 Champions League draw against Lille.

International career

Doumbia earned his first international cap for Côte d'Ivoire in a friendly match against Japan during the Kirin Cup on 24 May 2008.^[4] He scored his first international goal in a friendly against Germany on 18 November 2009 in a 2–2 draw.^[10] He was selected for Côte d'Ivoire in the 2010 World Cup, but only made one appearance, as a substitute, in a 3-0 win against North Korea.

Club statistics

As of 23 October 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Kashiwa Reysol	J. League 2	6	0	2	2	-		-		8	2
2007		J. League 1	18	3	0	0	5	1	-		23	4
2008	Tokushima Vortis	J. League 2	16	7	0	0	-		-		16	7
Switzerland			League		Schweizer Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2008/09	BSC Young Boys	Swiss Super League	32	20	5	4			3	1	40	25
2009/10			32	30	4	1			2	1	38	32
Russia			League		Russian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2010	CSKA Moscow	Russian Premier League	11	5	0	0			4	7	15	12
2011/12			28	22	6	4			6	4	40	30
Total	Japan		40	10	2	2	5	1	-		47	13
	Switzerland		64	50	9	5			5	2	78	57
	Russia		39	27	6	4			10	11	55	42

International career statistics

^[11]

Côte d'Ivoire national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	1	0
2009	3	1
2010	6	0
2011	3	0
Total	13	1

Honours

Club

CSKA

• Russian Cup: 2010–11

Individual

AS Denguélé

• Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division Top Scorer: 2005

BSC Young Boys

• Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Swiss Super League Top Scorer: 2008–09, 2009–10

References

1. ^ "Players". pfc-cska.com. http://www.pfc-cska.com/team/players/?id=50. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Seydou Doumbia". Soccerway. http://www.soccerway.com/players/seydou-doumbia/5775/. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ ^{a b} "7 Seydou Doumbia". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=317093/profile.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
5. ^ Stefan Coerts (5 January 2010). "Official: CSKA Moscow Sign Young Boys Striker Seydou Doumbia". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/553/russia/2010/01/05/1726278/official-cska-moscow-sign-young-boys-striker-seydou-doumbia. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
6. ^ Andrew McLean (1 August 2010). "Spartak Moscow 1-2 CSKA Moscow: Army Men Hero Vagner Love Completes CSKA Comeback In Stoppage Time On His Return To Russia". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1956/europe/2010/08/01/2051504/spartak-moscow-1-2-cska-moscow-army-men-hero-vagner-love. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
7. ^ "Doumbia became 200th player". PFC CSKA Moscow official site. 1 August 2010. http://www.pfc-cska.com/news/clubnews/?id=4033. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
8. ^ Andrew McLean (19 August 2010). "CSKA vs Anorthosis". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/match/49914/cska-vs-anorthosis/report. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
9. ^ "CSKA Moskva reach group stage in style". UEFA.com. 24 August 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1516356.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
10. ^ "Germany share points on emotional night". FIFA.com. 19 November 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1136964.html#germany+share+points+emotional+night. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
11. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27559

External links

• CSKA Moscow profile
• BSC Young Boys profile (German)
• Football.ch profile

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Name	Doumbia, Seydou
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Date of birth	31 December 1987
Place of birth	Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
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