Abdou Rahman Dampha

Abdou Rahman Dampha (* September 27, 1991 in Banjul ) is a Gambian football player at the position of midfielder. He currently plays for the French first division club AS Nancy.

Career

Career start in the Gambia Ports Authority FC

When multiple Gambian champions Gambia Ports Authority FC, ​​the young Dampha came from 2007 to his first assignments in senior football after he had previously been in the youth teams of the club used. When in the GFA League First Division, the highest division in Gambian football, gambling capital club came Dampha among others that of the later active also in the Swiss professional football Pa Modou Jagne page to use and drew attention to himself in the position of midfielder. After a still decent fourth place in the game of 2007 and the victory in the final of the GFA Cup of 2007, the men's team was in 2008 no longer build on the success of the previous year and so had the way to the GFA League Second Division, the second highest Gambian Football League, compete.

Changes to Algeria

Even before the team was able to record all performances there and this could start a run of success (Master of the Second Division: 2009, Master of the First Division: 2010 ), the talented midfielder -actuated in January 2009, his first foreign transfer, which according to him of a Mauritanian Agents Algeria brought. Previously Dampha has also been brought in January 2009 for sample workouts to Denmark to Sandefjord Fotball where he however failed to convince. When former Algerian second division, where he also received his first professional contract, the young Gambier was used in the 2008/ 09 championship in 18 games in which he scored five goals. Even during his time with the Algerian club Dampha was piloted by his players' agent to Norway, where he in June and July 2009, a multi-day trial at Hønefoss BK, in which, with Abdou Darboe also a further Gambier is active, among other things completed.

He impressed the coaches there, which is why the club wanted the then 17 -year-olds Dampha also undertake due to its performance. However, it came shortly thereafter in a similar controversy, as she had then already occurred in the transfer of Mikel John Obi to Chelsea. We all wanted to keep him until the end of the season, again it failed because the midfielder had already provided a further offer from the Swiss Upper House. The sports director of the Swiss first division club Neuchatel Xamax had contacted the players' agent Damphas and the young players for a four-day trial and a test match against a Swiss second division brought in the Swiss Confederation.

The time at Neuchâtel Xamax

After brief negotiations, the 1.84 m wide player signed in the winter of 2009/10 contract with a term of four years at Neuchâtel Xamax. His debut in the highest Swiss football league was the Gambier finally on 6 February 2010 a 0-0 away draw against FC Zurich, as he was from the beginning to use and was replaced on 84 minutes by Abdulla Fatadi. Already in his second league use for the Neuchâtel 21 February 2010 the then 18- year-olds succeeded in the first goal for his new employers, as in the 1-1 draw away against FC Sion in the 56th minute, he assisted the Austrian Sanel Kuljić met for compensation; only recently Dampha was only a substitute. For a many part, known as the " wonder goal " hit the agile offensive players came in his fifth league appearance, a 2:3 away defeat against AC Bellinzona, when he scored in the 33 minutes from the center line of the 2-0 lead his team. After a total of twelve league inserts and two hits Dampha finished the season with the team in eighth place in the table.

The season 2010/11 was for the young Gambians to date ( as at 10 November 2010) not very good. After he taught the previous eight championship four inserts over the full playing time, he scored two own goals and was then also thrown back from mid-September 2010 due to knee problems, which made him turn out less than two months. Must also after his return in November 2010 Dampha, who still suffers from knee pain ( on the outer band ), slowly at first found back in the game and the team. His stay at Xamax ended in January 2012, when his contract dortiger lost its validity after Xamax the license had been revoked and the first club later went bust little. After half a year of unemployment, he was signed in the summer of 2012 by the French first division club AS Nancy.

By the junior to the senior national team

First international experience gained Dampha in the years 2007 and 2008, when he was first called up to the squad of the Gambian U-17 national team and came to the team in some international matches, mainly against African representatives, are used. Since 2008, the attacking midfielder is also in the squad U -20 team in his home country, for which he already could also collect some countries playing experience. His first enlistment in the A national team of his native country finally came in 2009, when he first debuted in a ( unofficial? ) International match.

Achievements

• Gambian Cup Winners: 2007