# Ebrima Darboe

Ebrima Darboe (born 6 June 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie B club Frosinone, on loan from Roma. He also plays for the Gambia national team.

## Early life

Ebrima Darboe was born in Bakoteh, a district of Serekunda in The Gambia. He left his birth country aged 14, alone, arriving in Libya, before sailing to Sicily, Italy, where he arrived as a refugee after a six-month journey.
In Italy, Darboe was taken in charge by the SPRAR [it] – a service from the Italian ministry of the Interior – as an unaccompanied underage migrant and ended in Rieti, where he started playing with amateur club Young Rieti.

## Club career

Darboe joined Italian club Roma in summer 2017, making his primavera debut for the youth team in January 2019. Darboe signed his first professional contract with Roma the following July, having just turned eighteen. He first featured on as an unused substitute in Roma's 2–1 Serie A home victory against Milan on 27 October 2019. Darboe scored his first goal for the under-19 side in October 2020, and got an additional brace later that month in the Campionato Primavera.
Darboe made his professional debut for the club on 2 May 2021, coming off the bench for the final ten minutes of Roma's 2–0 defeat against Sampdoria. On 6 May, Darboe made his UEFA Europa League debut against Manchester United, in the second leg of the semi-finals. Darboe played in the Derby della Capitale against rivals Lazio on 15 May, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to do so.
On 7 July 2023, Darboe was loaned to Austrian Bundesliga club LASK for the 2023–24 season. On 1 February 2024, this loan was cut short, and Darboe was then loaned to Serie B club Sampdoria.

## International career

On 26 October 2020, while still a youth team player for Roma, Darboe received his first senior call-up for the Gambia national team by head coach Tom Saintfiet. He debuted for the Gambia in a 2–0 friendly win over Niger on 6 June 2021.
Darboe was selected to the Gambia squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 23 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Roma | 2020–21 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| Roma | 2021–22 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Roma | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| LASK (loan) | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 |
* ↑ Includes Austrian Cup
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

### International

    As of match played 19 January 2024.
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Gambia | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| Gambia | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Gambia | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Gambia | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 15 | 0 |

## Honours

Roma
* UEFA Conference League: 2021–22