Siriki Dembélé

Dembélé was born in Lambeth, South London in 1996 to parents from Ivory Coast and moved to Govan in Scotland in 2002. He attended Lourdes Secondary School in Glasgow, and started his career with Dundee United where he spent three years in their youth system. He then moved to Ayr United in their U20's academy team in 2015. Dembélé also had a trial at Scottish Premiership side Celtic.

Several amateur players including Dembélé attended the Nike Most Wanted 2016 trials, where he won a place at the Nike Football Academy, he was just one of two English players selected for the St George's Park outfit, developing his skills in front of elite coaches and mentors. While at the academy, he had trials with Championship clubs Barnsley in August and Huddersfield Town in September 2016 and was due to sign for them, however, due to suffering an injury he was out for 4 months and went back to the Nike academy in January 2017.

Grimsby Town

After training and featuring in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Barnsley at Blundell Park, Dembélé joined League Two side Grimsby Town on 25 May 2017 on a one-year contract, the club having the option to retain him for a second year. He did have the opportunity to trial with fellow League Two club Stevenage, Dembélé said: "I still had a few clubs to go before making my decision, but once I found out I was joining this club to sign my very first professional contract it felt amazing."

He made his full professional debut with Grimsby on 5 August 2017, in their 3–1 victory at Chesterfield, where he ran at pace through the midfield beating three men and placed a through ball to Sam Jones, which put Grimsby into a 2–0 lead.

Despite being born in England, Dembélé was selected for Ivory Coast U17 team to participate in the 2013 African U-17 Championship in Morocco, however, due to no birth certificate being available at the time, he had to take a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan as per FIFA rules to scan the wrist plate of players to accurately ascertain their true age, it was concluded that a number of players including Dembélé were over-age and unable to play.

Dembélé is ambidextrous although mainly right footed, he primarily plays on the left-wing in 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 formations, he prefers to play as a striker in a 4-4-2 formation; Dembélé is known for his speed, taking on players with his dribbling skills and holding the ball bringing others into play.

As of match played on 12 September 2017

Dembélé has a younger brother, winger Karamoko Dembele, who plays for Celtic's under-20 development team. Both are eligible to play for England, Scotland or Ivory Coast respectively as they are of Ivorian descent.

Dembélé is distantly related to Ivorian footballers Yaya Touré, Kolo Touré, and the late Ibrahim Touré. He also has a sister, Macoula Dembélé who was studying law and was signed to a top Scottish modelling agency.