Personal information | |||
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Full name | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe | ||
Date of birth | 21 November 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Stains, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2012 | AAS Sarcelles | ||
2012–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2019 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 24 | (2) |
2019–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | 10 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Le Havre (loan) | 25 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Dijon (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | (5) |
International career | |||
2019 | France U20 | 3 | (4) |
2020 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 |
Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe (born 21 November 2000), also known as Éric Dina Ebimbe and Junior Dina Ebimbe, is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. [2]
Developed in the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, Dina Ebimbe signed his first professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on 2 July 2018. [3] He spent the 2018–19 season with the reserve team.
On 5 July 2019, Le Havre announced that Dina Ebimbe had joined the Ligue 2 side on loan. [4] Three weeks later on 26 July, he made his professional debut in a 2–2 draw against Ajaccio. [5] He scored his first professional goal on 30 August 2019, in a 3–0 win against Caen. [6] On 6 July 2020, Dijon announced the loan signing of Dina Ebimbe with an option to buy. [7] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Angers on 22 August. [8] On 9 June 2021, Dijon exercised the option-to-buy in Dina Ebimbe's loan deal. However, Paris Saint-Germain exercised their right to veto Dijon's purchase. Dijon received a transfer fee in compensation. [9]
Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Dina Ebimbe returned to Paris Saint-Germain. He participated in pre-season, and went on to make his professional debut for the club in 1–0 Trophée des Champions loss to Lille on 1 August 2021. [10] Dina Ebimbe made his Ligue 1 debut for PSG in a 2–1 win over Troyes on 7 August. [11]
On 21 August 2022, Dina Ebimbe extended his contract with PSG until June 2024 and joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy, [12] made mandatory should the club survive relegation. [13] On 30 May 2023, following the conclusion of 2022–23 season, Eintracht Frankfurt announced that Dina Ebimbe had joined the club on a permanent basis until June 2027. [14]
Dina Ebimbe is a France youth international. He has represented his nation at under-20 and under-21 level.
Born in France, Dina Ebimbe is of Cameroonian descent. [15]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain B | 2018–19 | National 2 | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Le Havre (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
Dijon (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 [b] | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 [d] | 3 | — | 44 | 10 | |
Career total | 139 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 19 |
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