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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cheick Oumar Dabo
| image =
| fullname = Cheick Oumar Dabo
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|1|12}}
| birth_place = [[Bamako]], Mali
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 2000–2001 | years2 = 2001–2002 | years3 = 2002–2004 | years4 = 2005 | years5 = 2006–2007 | years6 = 2007–2010 | years7 = 2008 | years8 = 2008–2009 | years9 = 2010 | years10 =2010–2011 | years11 =2011–2012
| clubs1 = [[Djoliba Athletic Club|Djoliba]] | clubs2 = [[Gençlerbirliği S.K.|Gençlerbirliği]] | clubs3 = [[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]] | clubs4 = [[Dubai Club]] | clubs5 = [[JS Kabylie]] | clubs6 = [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] | clubs7 = → [[Tours FC|Tours]] (loan) | clubs8 = → [[Chamois Niortais F.C.|Chamois Niortais]] (loan) | clubs9 = → [[Difaa El Jadida]] (loan) | clubs10 =[[Alahly Benghazi S.C.|Alahly Benghazi]] | clubs11 = SC Angérien
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 66 | goals3 = 20 | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 17 | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 6 | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 2 | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 4 | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 1
| pcupdate = 20:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
| nationalyears1= 2001–2007
| nationalteam1= [[Mali national football team|Mali]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2008/09/01/Dabo |title=Cheick Oumar Dabo a signé ! |accessdate=2 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904074729/http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2008/09/01/Dabo |archivedate=4 September 2008 }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1= 17 | nationalgoals1 = 7
| ntupdate = 22:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
}}
'''Cheick Oumar Dabo''' (born 12 January 1981 in [[Bamako]]) is a Malian [[association football|football]] player.

==Club career==

===Bucheon SK===
Dabo joined [[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]] in 2002. One of very few Africans playing in [[South Korea]], Dabo earned a spot in the [[K-League All-Stars Soccer]] in 2002 and 2003, scoring in both games. He was selected for the team in 2004 as well, though was an unused substitute in that game. In the All-Stars Soccer, he played against [[Lee Dong-Gook]] and [[Lee Young-Pyo]] (in 2002) who both went on to play in the [[Premier League]] in England.

===JS Kabylie===
Dabo would go on to score a penalty against [[Asante Kotoko]] in his debut for JS Kabylie. In the [[CAF Champions League 2006]] Dabo scored 3 goals, 2 of which were against [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] of [[Egypt]]. It was in the [[CAF Champions League 2006]]. In the [[CAF Champions League 2007]] he scored 2 goals against [[Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas"|OS Balantas]] of [[Guinea-Bissau]]. He scored twice against [[AS Mangasport|Mangasport]] of [[Gabon]] and once in the away leg (3–1 loss) and once in the home leg (3–0 win). He scored once against [[Cotonsport Garoua|Cotonsport]] of [[Cameroon]] and had an assist on the other to send [[JS Kabylie|Kabylie]] to the Quarterfinals. He now has 5 goals in the [[CAF Champions League 2007]]. He was voted player of the month in February, March, April and May in the [[Algerian Championnat National]] and eventually was voted [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] of the league. Dabo ended as the top scorer in the League with 17 league goals in 27 appearances (2 as a sub). He was the first foreign player ever to be top scorer in Algeria. On 1 July it was announced that Dabo will join [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] in France's [[Ligue 2]], he will join them after his last match with JSK, against [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel|ES Sahel]] in the Champions League. Shortly after this announcement, Dabo was given the captain's armband for JSK's match against [[FAR Rabat]], which was his last match in which he scored twice. Dabo was the first ever non-Algerian to be captain for JSK.

===Le Havre===
Dabo made his debut for [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] on 20 August 2007, coming on as a sub for [[Nikola Nikezić]] against [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]. He scored his first goal and got his first assist in the same game, after coming on as a sub against [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]] on 28 September. Le Havre were champions of [[Ligue 2]] in 2007/08, Dabo's first year, but Dabo only made six appearances that season, scoring one goal. Despite having scored one goal and getting one assist in 180 minutes for Le Havre in 2007, Dabo was never again given a chance to prove himself and was released in the summer of 2010 after three loans, two of which could be considered successful.

===Tours===
Dabo was loaned to [[Championnat National]] side [[Tours FC|Tours]] on 29 January 2008 after a lack of first team opportunities at [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]. He scored on his debut in a 4–2 win against [[AS Cherbourg|Cherbourg]]. Dabo's five game scoring streak near the end of the season helped Tours to a 2nd-place finish in 2007/08 to ensure their promotion back to [[Ligue 2]]. Despite interest from Tours and Dabo, Dabo did not make the move to Tours in the summer of 2008, due to Dabo's high price tag set by president of Le Havre, Jean-Pierre Louvel.

===Niort===
Dabo was again loaned to a [[Championnat National]] side on 29 August 2008. This time it was [[Chamois Niortais F.C.|Niort]]. He made his debut against [[AS Cherbourg|Cherbourg]] in a 3–3 draw on 12 September, coming on in the 46th minute for [[Romain Jacuzzi]]. He had a rough time for the next few months with a combination of playing more on the wing while dealing with a foot injury and then eventually injuring his ankle and needing [[arthroscopic surgery]] to repair it. He finished the season with two goals and Niort were relegated.

===El Jadida===
Despite scoring three goals (and one assist) in three matches for Le Havre's reserves at the start of the 2009–10 season, Dabo was not considered for Le Havre's senior team. On 14 December 2009, [[Difaa El Jadida]] signed the Malian forward on loan until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lionsdelatlas.net/info-lda/transferts/1320-cheikh-omar-dabo-au-dhj-.html |title=Cheikh-Omar Dabo au DHJ ? |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217094922/http://www.lionsdelatlas.net/info-lda/transferts/1320-cheikh-omar-dabo-au-dhj-.html |archive-date=17 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his debut for DHJ on 13 February in an [[2010 CAF Champions League|African Champions League]] match against OS Balantas, and scored twice in the return leg two weeks later. Dabo scored on his league debut for DHJ against FAR Rabat on 18 February 2010. At the end of the season, Dabo scored four league goals and four goals in the Champions League to total eight goals in seventeen matches for DHJ, who finished third. When combined with his goals for Le Havre's reserves, he scored eleven goals in twenty matches in 2009–10.

===Alahly Benghazi===
Dabo joined Al Ahly Benghazi of the [[Libyan Premier League]] in the summer of 2010 after leaving Le Havre. He scored on his debut against [[Alhilal Benghazi S.C.|Al Hilal]] on 18 August.

===Clubs===
He played for Konate<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://jskonline.com/news.asp?News=1267&saison=2006?rss=yes/ | title=JSK – Le site web de l'équipe de football Algerienne, la Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie : JSK| accessdate=14 February 2007}}</ref> then for [[Djoliba AC|Djoliba]] in [[Bamako]], [[Mali]]'s capital, [[Gençlerbirliği S.K.|Gençlerbirliği]] in the [[Süper Lig]] and then [[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]] in the [[K-League]]. He left [[Dubai Club]], in the [[UAE League]] in the summer of 2006, and he joined [[JS Kabylie|Kabylie]] of [[Algerian Championnat National]].

==International career==
Dabo was in [[Mali national football team|Mali]]'s [[2002 African Nations Cup|African Nations Cup]] Squad in 2002 (the year Mali hosted the tournament). He came on for Mali in the 79th minute for [[Mamadou Bagayoko]] in their 0–1 loss to [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. Dabo's great play for [[JS Kabylie|Kabylie]] earned him a call up to the national team for their African Nations Cup Qualifier against [[Benin national football team|Benin]] on 3 June 2007 and against [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]] on 16 June 2007. Dabo started both matches.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''Results list Mali's goal tally first.''<br />
'''<big>Cheick Oumar Dabo: International Goals</big>'''<br />
Dabo has scored 7 goals for Mali, these are the only ones I could find.
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1<ref name="rsssf.com">{{Cite news| url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2001af.html?rss=yes/ | title=International Matches 2001 – Africa| accessdate=27 February 2007}}</ref> || 7 April 2001 || [[Stade Modibo Keita]], [[Bamako]], [[Mali]] || {{fb|LBR}} || 3–0 || Win || [[West African Nations Cup|WAFU Qualifier]]
|-
| 2<ref name="rsssf.com"/> || 3 November 2001 || [[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]], [[Mali]] || {{fb|MTN|1959}} || 3–2 || Win || [[Amilcar Cabral Cup]]
|-
| 3<ref name="rsssf.com"/> || 5 November 2001 || [[Stade Amari Daou]], [[Ségou]], [[Mali]] || {{fb|GNB}} || 2–0 || Win || [[Amilcar Cabral Cup]]
|-
| 4<ref name="rsssf.com"/> || 11 November 2001 || [[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]], [[Mali]] || {{fb|GNB}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Amilcar Cabral Cup|Amilcar Cabral Cup 3rd place Game]]
|}

==Honors==
*K-League All-Star: 2002, 2003
*Algerian Championnat National Top Scorer: 2006/07
*Algerian Championnat National Most Valuable Player: 2006/07
*Ligue 2 Champion: 2007/08 (only made 6 appearances)

==Additional Links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070611101850/http://www.dabofanclub.com/ <del>Official Fan Site</del>] – <del>Site dedicated to Dabo in English and French.</del> (site moved to Facebook)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{K League player}}
* {{NFT player|pid=11133}}

{{Mali Squad 2002 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dabo, Cheick Oumar}}
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