Issa Doumbia (footballer)
Italian footballer (born 2003)
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Issa Doumbia (born 16 October 2003) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Venezia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Treviglio, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Venezia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ciserano | |||
| AlbinoLeffe | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | AlbinoLeffe | 78 | (4) |
| 2024– | Venezia | 61 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 June 2025 | |||
Early life
Doumbia was born on 16 October 2003 in Italy. As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of Italian side AlbinoLeffe. He is the son of a truck driver father and a housewife mother.[1] He has five brothers. He is of Ivorian descent.[2]
Career
Doumbia started his career with Italian side AlbinoLeffe. In 2024, he signed for Serie A side Venezia. On 11 August 2024, he debuted for the club during a 3–1 Coppa Italia loss to Brescia.
Style of play
Doumbia mainly operates as a midfielder. He specifically operates as a central midfielder. He is right-footed. He has been described as a "very physically strong midfielder, with excellent timing of insertion but who could certainly grow in terms of scoring... who guarantees, in all respects, reliability and security in midfield".[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 24 January 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AlbinoLeffe | 2021–22 | Serie C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie C | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 76 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 4 | ||
| Venezia | 2024–25 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie B | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 6 | |||
| Total | 47 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 123 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 10 | ||