Fatou Dembele


Fatou Dembele is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga F club UD Tenerife and the Mali national team.

Club career

In October 2021, Dembele joined Moroccan Women's Championship D1 side Itihad Tanger on a 3-year contract. In December 2021, she made history by scoring the fastest goal in the league’s history, just 37 seconds into the match.
In December 2022, Dembele signed her first professional contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe.
Having joined AS Mandé in October 2023, She played the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with the club.
She played a key role in AS FAR's eleventh league title, scoring 12 goals and providing two assists in 12 appearances.
In September 2024, Fatou joined Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa in La Liga F.

International career

In August 2019, Fatou represented Mali at under-20 level during the 2019 African Games held in Morocco. Six months later She got her first call-up to the senior team for the 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup held in Sierra Leone. She scored her first international goal on 30 November 2023, in a 7–2 victory over Guinea during the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 November 2023Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali2–07–22024 WAFCON qualifiers
220 February 2025Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon5–06–02026 WAFCON qualifiers
326 May 2025Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania1–01–12025 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup