Ibrahima Kébé (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ibrahima Kébé | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 August 2000||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Girona | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Danaya | |||
2019–2020 | Girona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Girona B | 8 | (0) |
2020– | Girona | 53 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:50, 16 April 2023 (UTC) |
Ibrahima Kébé (born 1 August 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Girona.
Club career
Kébé joined Girona FC's youth setup in February 2019, from Danaya AC.[2] He made his senior debut with the club's reserves in the regional leagues during the 2019–20 campaign, and was included in the first team's return after the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020.[3]
Kébé made his professional debut on 13 June 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for Pape Maly Diamanka in a 0–0 Segunda División away draw against UD Las Palmas.[4] On 31 August of the following year, he renewed his contract until 2024, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[5]
Regularly used during the 2021–22 season as Girona achieved promotion to La Liga, Kébé suffered a knee injury in June 2022, being sidelined for six months.[6]
Personal life
Kébé's younger brother Moussa is also a footballer and a midfielder. He too played for Girona's B-team.[7]
References
- ^ "Ibrahima Kebe". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Valery i els joves del planter Pau Víctor i Kebé són les grans novetats de la llista" [Valery and the youngsters of the squad Pau Victor and Kebé are the great news of the list] (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "El primer equipo se somete a los tests de Covid-19" [The first team is subjected to Covid-19 tests] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Las Palmas-Girona, un partido sin público y sin fútbol" [Las Palmas-Girona, a match without attendance and without football] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Ibrahima Kebé, renovat fins al 2024" [Ibrahima Kebé, renewed until 2024] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Kébé estará de baja cinco meses" [Kébé will be five months sidelined] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "El Girona fitxa Moussa Kébé, germà d'Ibra, per reforçar el filial" [Girona sign Moussa Kébé, brother of Ibra, to bolster the reserve team] (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
External links
- Profile at the Girona FC website
- Ibrahima Kébé at BDFutbol
- Ibrahima Kébé at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Ibrahima Kébé at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bamako
- Malian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
- Girona FC B players
- Girona FC players
- Malian expatriate men's footballers
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 21st-century Malian people