Fred Dembi

Congolese footballer (born 1995)

Fred Dembi
Personal information
Full name José-Fred Dembi
Date of birth (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Red Star
Number 26
Youth career
2001–2004 AS Madrillet Château Blanc
2004–2014 Quevilly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Quevilly II 19 (2)
2014–2015 Quevilly 5 (0)
2015–2016 Le Havre II 20 (1)
2016–2017 Avranches II 4 (1)
2016 Avranches 0 (0)
2017–2018 Déville Maromme
2018–2020 Rouen 37 (4)
2020–2021 Cholet 25 (0)
2021 Orléans II 1 (0)
2021–2022 Orléans 29 (1)
2022– Red Star 41 (1)
International career
2022– Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:12, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

José-Fred Dembi (born 21 February 1995) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Red Star and the Congo national team.

Early life

Dembi was born in the Republic of the Congo, and moved to France at the age of 2.[1] He acquired French nationality subsequently.[2]

Club career

Dembi is a youth product of AS Madrillet Château Blanc and Quevilly, and began his career with Quevilly in 2014.[1] He followed that up with stints at the reserves of Le Havre and Avranches, followed with an amateur stint with Déville Maromme.[3] In the summer of 2018, he moved to Rouen, and his second season was cut short by the COVID-19 epidemic.[4] For the 2020–21 season, he moved to Cholet.[1] He then joined Orléans in the Championnat National the following season.[5] On 27 May 2022, he transferred to Red Star.[6][7]

International career

Dembi was called up to the Congo national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022.[8] That window he made his debut with the Congo in a 1–0 win over the Gambia on 8 June 2022.[9]

Honours

Déville Maromme

Rouen

Red Star

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fred Dembi à la croisée des chemins".
  2. ^ "José-Fred DEMBI". unfp.org. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Fred Dembi : " Ce maillot, je l'ai porté comme une deuxième peau "". SOFOOT.com.
  4. ^ Rouen
  5. ^ "Fred Dembi : l'interview avec le milieu de terrain de l'US Orléans". billionkeys.com.
  6. ^ "Le milieu de terrain Fred Dembi quitte l'US Orléans et rejoint le Red Star". ici, par France Bleu et France 3. 27 May 2022.
  7. ^ Demba, Varore (28 May 2022). "Red Star FC : Le Congolais Fred Dembi, première recrue de Habib Bèye".
  8. ^ "Eliminatoires CAN 2023 : vingt- huit Diables rouges présélectionnés | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
  9. ^ "Football. De Déville/Maromme à la sélection congolaise, le fabuleux destin du Normand Fred Dembi". Paris-Normandie. 22 June 2022.
  10. ^ Garlan, Victor (26 April 2024). "Le Red Star sacré champion de National". Foot Mercato [fr] (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

  • Fred Dembi at Soccerway
  • Fred Dembi at National-Football-Teams.com
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