Modibo Dembele

Striker - Etoiles du Mande U18
11 Nov 2026
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Marked for Modibo Dembele

12 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Ousmane Simpara at Etoiles du Mande

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ousmane Simpara is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Etoiles du Mande

Clément Kanouté was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match17 Oct 2026

Etoiles du Mande refuse to lose to US Forces Armees

A point taken on 86 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Too much change too quickly at Etoiles du Mande

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Match17 Oct 2026

Etoiles du Mande and US Forces Armees take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Boubacar Sacko was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Etoiles du Mande dressing room was either.

Looking ahead19 Oct 2026

Clément Kanouté faces his old club

Djoliba next, and one man in the Etoiles du Mande dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Modibo Dembele finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Etoiles du Mande have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Jean Koffi was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 10. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad5 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Bourama Togola

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Clément Kanouté out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Clément Kanouté, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Etoiles du Mande

Bourama Togola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Graduation day at Etoiles du Mande

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Jean Koffi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jean Koffi commits to Etoiles du Mande for another 3 years.

Market5 Oct 2026

Ibrahim Sacko steps up from the Etoiles du Mande academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ibrahim Sacko has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market5 Oct 2026

Etoiles du Mande promote Mamadou Haidara from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mamadou Haidara has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market5 Oct 2026

Etoiles du Mande promote Modibo Dembele from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Modibo Dembele has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market5 Oct 2026

One of our own: Modibo Djenepo joins the Etoiles du Mande first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Modibo Djenepo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief