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DEMBÉLÉ

Masour Ousmane Dembélé
FRANCE · FRA · WINGER · #10
15 MAY 1997 · Rennes · Borussia Dortmund · Barcelona · Paris Saint-Germain
★ 1 WORLD CUPS
Dembouz
FRANCE · #10

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

1
TITLES
11
MATCHES
0
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2018Russia40 ★ WINNER
2022Qatar70 RUNNER-UP
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 91
SHOOTING 88
PASSING 83
DRIBBLING 93
DEFENDING 50
PHYSICAL 69

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2018 · A champion at twenty-one, mostly from the bench
Barely a year removed from a record move to Barcelona, Dembélé came to Russia as one of the youngest in Didier Deschamps' squad. He started two group games and was rotated through four matches in all, then sat out the final as an unused substitute while France beat Croatia 4-2. A winner's medal at twenty-one, earned at the margins of a young and ruthless side.
▲ 2022 · Qatar, and a final cut short
Four years on he was a regular, featuring in all seven matches as France marched back to the final. He started against Argentina but conceded the penalty that opened the scoring and was withdrawn before the interval, watching from the bench as the match swung to a 3-3 draw and a shoot-out his side lost. Runner-up, after holding a winner's medal first.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2015
Breaks through at Rennes, his pace and two-footedness marking him as a rare talent.
2016
Joins Borussia Dortmund and wins the German Cup in a single standout season.
2017
Signs for Barcelona in a deal that could rise above £130m, among the costliest ever.
2018
Wins the World Cup in Russia with France, appearing four times off the bench and in rotation.
2022
Plays every match as France reach the final in Qatar, finishing runner-up to Argentina.
2023
Moves to Paris Saint-Germain after six injury-punctuated years in Catalonia.
2025
Drives PSG to the Champions League and a domestic double, then is named Ballon d'Or winner.
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█ THE ALMANAC SPEAKS
PROF. INKSWORTH:

Two World Cups, two medals of opposite colour, and not a single goal to show for either — a curious ledger for a forward of such menace. He was a fringe winner in 2018 and a regular runner-up in 2022, his finest club season arriving only afterwards. The finals have handed him the silverware and withheld the moment.

  • He owns a winner's and a runner-up's medal yet has never scored at a World Cup across eleven appearances.
  • His 2018 medal was won largely from the bench — four outings, no start in the knockout rounds, and an unused seat in the final.
  • Long famous for being two-footed to the point that few can tell his stronger side; EA hands him a five-star weak foot to match.
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Zone: Historical