Alieu Darbo is a Gambian professional footballer. Born in Sweden to Gambian parents, he represented Gambia at national youth teams. He appeared as an unused substitute for Gambia national football team once.
Club career
Darbo started his career in Sweden before he moved abroad, when he moved to France for Le Mans FC. He was the member of their under-19 team in 2010.
England, Croatia and Finland
Darbo went on trial with Sunderland and Newcastle United in 2012, and signed a three-year contract with Wigan Athletic in June 2012. This was later refuted by the club. Vital Football even reported the signing was made up by the footballer himself. In August 2013 Darbo signed for Croatian side GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Despite being injured, he was included in the club's 23 man squad for the Europa League and given a two-year contract extension in September. He was released in December 2013, having been at Dinamo for just four months, without making any debut for the club. In January 2014 he played once for Inter Turku in the second leg derby against TPS in 2014 Finnish League Cup group stage.
Italy, Sweden, Norway
On 12 July 2014 Italian club F.C. Crotone announced the signing of Darbo. However, the contract was terminated on 19 July after the club announced there was some miscommunication with player's agent. Later in July 2014 he was presented as a player of Swedish second-tier side Landskrona BoIS. The deal soon collapsed. In January 2015 he was presented as a player for Norwegian club Nybergsund. However, the deal soon collapsed.
Malta, Algeria, Egypt, Malta again & Tunisia
In February 2015, he signed a three-month contract with Maltese Premier League side Mosta FC. Darbo made his debut for the club in a 3–1 FA Trophy loss against Valletta, being replaced after 71 minutes. In June 2015, Darbo signed a two-year contract with Algerian club MC Oran. In January, he moved to Egypt for Ittihad Alexandria. He made his debut on 6 February 2016 against Wadi Degla. He was released after four months, after he had featured only sporadically for the club in the 2015–16 season. In the summer of 2016 he moved back to Malta for Maltese First Division club Naxxar Lions. He made his debut for the club on 11 September 2016 in a 2–0 loss against Pietà Hotspurs. He was released by Naxxar Lions in late 2016. Club president Pierre Sciberras said his contract had been terminated for disciplinary reasons, not for playing poorly. He signed a contract with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CA Bizertin on 23 August 2017. After a couple of weeks, he was released without featuring for the club.
