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Fankaty Dabo
English footballer
Sheikh Mohamed Fankaty Dabo (born 11 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League Two club Forest Green Rovers. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sheikh Mohamed Fankaty Dabo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Southwark, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Forest Green Rovers | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2016 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Vitesse (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Coventry City | 116 | (0) |
| 2023– | Forest Green Rovers | 31 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | England U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | England U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:06, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:46, 14 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
Dabo began his career with Chelsea. On 11 January 2017, along with Chelsea teammates Charlie Colkett and Islam Feruz, Dabo joined League One side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[3] Three days later, Dabo made his debut in a 2–1 away victory against Bolton Wanderers, featuring for the entire 90 minutes.[4] On 5 February 2017, Dabo scored his first goal for Swindon in their local derby against Oxford United.[4]
On 25 June 2017, Dabo joined Dutch side Vitesse on a season-long loan.[5] In August 2018 Dabo returned on loan to the Netherlands, this time with Sparta Rotterdam.[6]
On 5 June 2019, it was announced that Dabo would join Coventry City on a three-year deal after his Chelsea contract expired on 1 July.[7] Dabo won Coventry's 2019–20 'Player of the Year' award.[8]
On 27 May 2023, he missed the final penalty for Coventry City in a 6–5 defeat in the penalty shootouts against Luton Town in the EFL Championship play-off final.[9] Following that match, he received racist abuse,[10] and was among the players who were released by the club by the end of the season.[11]
On 1 September 2023, Dabo joined EFL League Two club Forest Green Rovers.[12] In January 2024 Dabo was publicly criticised by manager Troy Deeney, who was himself criticised by some for speaking publicly.[13] He was released following relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season.[14]
Dabo was born in England and is of Sierra Leonean descent.[15] He has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-20 youth levels.[16]
- As of match played on 27 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2016–17[4] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2016–17[4] | League One | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Vitesse (loan) | 2017–18[19] | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2018–19[19] | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Coventry City | 2019–20[19] | League One | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 2020–21[20] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[21] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[22] | Championship | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Total | 116 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 0 | ||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2023–24[19] | League Two | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Career total | 209 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 241 | 1 | ||
- Five appearances in UEFA Europa League; one appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield; one appearance in Eredivisie European play-offs.
- Appearances in Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs.
- Appearance in EFL Trophy
- Appearances in the 2023 English Football League play-offs
- Appearance in EFL Trophy
Coventry City
Individual
- PFA Team of the Year: 2019–20 League One[24]
- Coventry City Player of the Season: 2019–20[25]
- "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2013 and 31/07/2013". The Football Association. p. 8. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
- "Fankaty Dabo". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Charlie Colkett, Islam Feruz and Fankaty Dabo: Chelsea trio join Swindon on loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- "Vitesse loan for defender Dabo". Chelsea Official Site. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- "Fankaty Dabo komt over van Chelsea". Sparta Rotterdam. 31 August 2018.
- "TRANSFER: Coventry City agree to sign Fankaty Dabo". Coventry City F.C. 5 June 2019.
- "NEWS: Sky Blues End of Season Award Round-Up". www.ccfc.co.uk.
- "Coventry City release Fankaty Dabo after Championship play-off final penalty miss". talkSPORT. 30 May 2023.
- "Coventry 'sickened' by Dabo abuse after penalty miss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "NEWS: Coventry City confirm players that are leaving the Club at the end of the 2022/23 season". Coventry City. 30 May 2023.
- "Forest Green sign former Coventry full-back Dabo" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Was Deeney right to call out Forest Green players?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Retained and Released List 2024". www.fgr.co.uk. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- "Fankaty Dabo". www.chelseafc.com.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- Fankaty Dabo at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- "Games played by Fankaty Dabo in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- "Jordan Henderson among five Liverpool players in PFA team of the year". Yahoo! Sport. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- Tom Leach (20 June 2020). "Coventry City name their player of the season as loan star wins big at promotion party". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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