1. El Hadji Ousmane Dabo was born on 8 February 1977 and is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
18 Facts About Ousmane Dabo
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Ousmane Dabo represented France three times at full international level.
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Ousmane Dabo's father Moussa Dabo was a player for the Senegalese national team and Stade Lavallois.
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Ousmane Dabo started his career at Rennes, before he and team-mate Mikael Silvestre were signed by Inter Milan in 1998.
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Ousmane Dabo was not a regular first team player for Inter, and a few months later he was loaned out to Vicenza, where he made 13 Serie A appearances.
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Ousmane Dabo spent the following season at Parma under Arrigo Sacchi, making sixteen appearances.
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At the Bergamo club he secured regular first team football, and in 2003 he gained a call-up to the France national team for the FIFA Confederations Cup, which Ousmane Dabo described as "a surprise".
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Ousmane Dabo became an important and popular part of the Lazio midfield due to his organised style of play, making 79 appearances for the club.
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Ousmane Dabo cited a positive impression of the club arising from a friendly between Manchester City and Lazio at the City of Manchester Stadium as one of his main reasons for joining Manchester City.
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Ousmane Dabo then had a run of thirteen consecutive appearances, but was sidelined by injury.
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On 1 May 2007, Ousmane Dabo was assaulted by his team mate Joey Barton at City's training ground.
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Ousmane Dabo stated that he had been hit several times, and had to go to hospital after suffering injuries to his head during the incident, including a suspected detached retina.
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Ousmane Dabo requested that the police press charges against Barton, and as a result, on 16 May 2007, Barton was arrested and questioned by Greater Manchester Police.
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Barton later claimed on 8 April 2011 that, in fact it was Ousmane Dabo who started the fight, and he was merely defending himself.
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Ousmane Dabo was put on the transfer list by Sven-Goran Eriksson along with team mates Danny Mills and Paul Dickov.
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Mills and Dickov both ended up going out on loans, but Ousmane Dabo remained at the club.
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Ousmane Dabo made his MLS debut on 7 May 2011 in a game against the Colorado Rapids.
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Ousmane Dabo retired from football on 18 July 2011 after struggling with injuries throughout the 2011 MLS season.