W. Dembélé is a football player from France. He is the striker of the Barcelona club, as well as a member of the French national team. Read about the biography and features of the sports career of Dembele in the article.
Childhood and youth
Usman Dembele was born on May 15, 1997 in the city of Vernon, which is located in the north of France, in Normandy, whose population is only 20,000 people. Usman has Moorish-Malian roots. Mother comes from Mauritania and Senegal, and father is a native of Mali.
As a boy, Dembele dreamed of football, which was in his foreground. He preferred school to ball games. Parents, seeing his unwillingness to learn, allowed to pursue a dream. Thanks to his mother, the young Usman Dembele got to his uncle, who was a football player. At the age of 6 years, the boy got into the football youth school "Evre", with the help of a relative who was a football player.
Further in the career of Usman was the academy of the French “Rennes”. For five years, the young player was moving towards his cherished goal, and in the 2015/2016 season he made his debut for the main team at the age of 18.
Carier start
From that moment, Usman Dembele's career went uphill. According to the position on the field, he is an attacker, and can also play on the flanks. Thanks to its long legs, it has a good starting speed, is able to escape from rivals, is not deprived of its excellent ball handling technique. Goals to Usman Dembele were easy. After spending 26 matches in the French League 1, Rennes scored 12 goals. Good statistics for an eighteen-year-old for the middle club of France.
The football player with his game attracted the attention of many top clubs in Europe, and in May 2016, the Dortmund Borussia signed a contract with him. The contract was signed for a period of 5 years and amounted to 15 million euros. In the German league, Dembele came in handy. In the Dortmund club, they work qualitatively with the players, and Usman’s talent was only honed. Over the year, he became a favorite of the public and helped his team win the German Cup. For 49 meetings, the footballer scored 10 goals and gave 22 productive passes, becoming one of the best in the Bundesliga by this indicator.
In the FIFA ranking, Usman Dembele is one of the most promising players in the world. The Catalan Barcelona showed serious interest in the young Frenchman, and Usman was already dreaming of moving to a club a level higher. He became lazy in training, tried to fight with the players, went on a quarrel with the head coach of Burke. The player has publicly stated that he is open to suggestions. “Borussia” removed the player from the games, and he missed training himself. And soon he left Dortmund, presenting an ultimatum to the club about his future. In connection with the conflict, the club needed to sell the player. But on terms that would suit the German team in the first place.
Which club does Usman Dembele play in now?
End of August. “Bumblebees” are in difficult and lengthy negotiations on the transfer of the player to the Spanish “Barcelona”. The club requires about 150 million, otherwise the transition to the summer transfer window will not take place. And so it happened. On August 25, 2017, the Catalan team officially confirms the transition of the French football player Usman Dembele and signs a contract for a period of 5 years. Preparation for the season turned out to be defective for the player. Bad readiness affected: in the first match in the middle of the first half, the Frenchman was seriously injured and was replaced. Recovery lasted about 4 months. For the young player, this became a serious problem with which the club tried in every possible way to help.
Surrounded by too much attention from the management, doctors and representatives of the club, Dembele only more withdrawn into himself. The football player spoke only with compatriot partners. He ate mostly fast food, refused to learn Spanish, believing that he had enough translator and communication in French. Here is a replacement for Neymaru received “Barcelona” in the person of Usman Dembele. Rumor had it that Barca was ready to trade for Aaron Ramsey from London's Arsenal.
But the transfer window was closed, which means that Dembele will try to gain a foothold in the main team of La Liga. At the moment, in all tournaments, the Frenchman has played 23 matches, mainly either coming on as a substitute or a substitute, and has scored only 4 goals for the team. His position in the team is the extreme right forward. The coach gives time to the player, and fans hope that this will bear fruit. In the meantime, to be honest, he does not justify the money invested.
France national team
Usman has gone through teams of all ages and has now played 16 matches for the main team, scoring two goals. France coach Dedier Deschamps uses the player in the same position that he plays in Barcelona. By the way, the national team and the Dembele club play according to the same 4-3-3 scheme. Usman is the 2018 world champion as part of his country. Recall that this championship was held in the summer in Russia.