O. Dembele🇫🇷

Ousmane Dembele Height

178cm (5ft 10in)

Ousmane Dembele Nationality

France

Ousmane Dembele Religion

Islam

Ousmane Dembele Wife

Rima Edbouche

Ousmane Dembele Net Worth

$30 million

Ousmane Dembele Weekly Wage

£300,000 per week

Ousmane Dembele Contract

Expires June 2028

Ousmane Dembele Club

Paris Saint-Germain

Ousmane Dembele Position

Forward

Ousmane Dembele Age

28 years old

Ousmane Dembele Preferred Foot

Right

Ousmane Dembele Hometown

Vernon, France

Early Life

Ousmane Dembele was born on May 15, 1997 in Vernon, Normandy. His father is Senegalese and his mother Guinean-Mauritanian — a background that gives him dual football heritage. He came through Stade Rennes's academy and burst onto the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2016.

Breakthrough

Barcelona paid an initial £89M for Dembele in 2017 — rising to £124.7M with add-ons — to replace Neymar after his record-breaking PSG move. The fee and expectations were enormous. What followed were years of injury and inconsistency that repeatedly frustrated the club, coaches, and fans alike.

Career

When fit, Dembele is one of the most dangerous wide forwards in world football — two-footed, direct, and capable of creating and finishing chances. Injuries to his hamstrings became a recurring nightmare. Eventually he found more consistency, producing his best La Liga form in 2022-23 before moving to PSG on a free transfer.

Personal Life

Dembele is known as an introvert who loves video games and struggles with the celebrity demands of modern football. His punctuality issues at Barcelona became something of a club crisis. He is widely reported to be a genuinely kind person away from the spotlight who simply thrives in a calmer environment.

Legacy

The talent was never in question — just the availability. If Dembele had stayed fit throughout his career, the conversation would be very different. At PSG with a fresh start, the next chapter may yet define him properly.

Dembele's Barcelona fee of up to £124.7M is still one of the largest ever paid for a winger

He is two-footed — one of very few players at elite level equally comfortable on both feet

Dembele's love of video games became a running story at Barcelona, reportedly keeping him up late before matches

He missed over 700 days of football through injury during his time at Barcelona

Barcelona gave him multiple final warnings before eventually letting his contract run down — he left on a free