Fred_Dembi
Fred Dembi
Congolese footballer (born 1995)
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.
| 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) |
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*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) | |||
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]
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]
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]
Déville Maromme
Rouen
Red Star
- "José-Fred DEMBI". unfp.org. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- "Fred Dembi : l'interview avec le milieu de terrain de l'US Orléans". billionkeys.com.
- "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.
- Demba, Varore (28 May 2022). "Red Star FC : Le Congolais Fred Dembi, première recrue de Habib Bèye".
- "Football. De Déville/Maromme à la sélection congolaise, le fabuleux destin du Normand Fred Dembi". Paris-Normandie. 22 June 2022.
- Garlan, Victor (26 April 2024). "Le Red Star sacré champion de National". Foot Mercato [fr] (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- Fred Dembi at Soccerway
- Fred Dembi at National-Football-Teams.com