Karamoko Dembele

Karamoko Kader Dembele (born 22 February 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic, and has been called up to represent both Scotland and England at youth level. He attracted media attention in October 2016 when he made his debut for Celtic's under-20 development team at the age of 13.

Club Career

Dembele started playing football for Park Villa Boys Club at the age of five and was recognised as a prodigy from a young age. He joined Celtic aged 10 in 2013. In July 2016, Dembele was named as player of the tournament when representing Celtic U13 at the St Kevin's Boys Academy Cup. Soon after his appointment as Celtic head coach, Brendan Rodgers invited Dembele to participate in a light technical training session with the first team squad.

On 3 October 2016, Dembele gained widespread media attention after making his debut for Celtic's Under-20 side aged 13 playing with and against players who were up to seven age groups above him. He was named on the bench because several regular starters were away playing for Scotland's Under-19 team and was brought in during the 81st minute, replacing the youngest first-team player in Celtic's history, the 16-year-old Jack Aitchison. A match report on the official Celtic website stated that "the diminutive playmaker didn't look out of place and played his part in the closing stages." The response to Dembele's U20 debut included concern about the physical and mental impact of such a young player being fast-tracked through the developmental ranks. On 2 June 2017, Dembele signed a youth registration contract to stay at Celtic.

On 24 December 2018, Dembele signed his first professional contract at 15-years-old with Celtic, set to keep him at the club until 2021. In April 2019, he featured for Celtic's academy team in the seasonal finals of both the Scottish Youth Cup and the Glasgow Cup, losing out 3–2 to Rangers in the first and beating the same opposition by the same scoreline in the second.

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