Ben Konaté

Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Ben Konaté
Personal information
Full name Ben Mamadou Konaté
Date of birth (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989
Place of birth Adjamé, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Olimpic Tashkent
Number 15
Youth career
Académie de Sol Beni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Lazer
2001 Réveil Daloa
2002 Stade d'Abidjan
2002–2004 → ASEC Mimosas (loan)
2004–2007 Africa Sports
2007 Faso-Yennenga
2008 Renacimiento
2009–2010 Atlético Semu
2011–2012 The Panthers
2013 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2014–2015 East Riffa
2015–2016 Dhofar Club
2016–2017 Dumlupınar 10 (0)
2018–2019 FC Zaamin
2020– Olimpic
National team‡
2010–2014 Equatorial Guinea 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 23:06 (UTC)

Born in Ivory Coast, he was a member, as a naturalised citizen, of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Konaté has played for several clubs in Ivory Coast: Lazer, Réveil Daloa, Stade d'Abidjan, ASEC Mimosas (when Ivorian Romaric was still there) and Africa Sports.[1] After that, he went to Burkina Faso, where he played football for Faso-Yennenga, and Equatorial Guinea, disputing the 2008 CAF Champions League (Preliminary Round) for Renacimiento.[1]

In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.[2]

In January 2012 due to his performances in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (playing for Equatorial Guinea), he attracted interest from Portuguese club Benfica.[3]

From 2016 to 2017, Konaté played for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig.[4]

International career

He played in several youth teams of the Ivory Coast national football team.[1] He switched in 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his debut in the 2010 season.[5] In January 2012 he was called up to the national side to be part of the squad to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]

References
  1. "CAN 2012 / Konaté Ben Mamadou, meilleur joueur du championnat équato-guinéen : Je lance un défi aux Eléphants" (in French).
  2. Photo at fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net
  3. "Konaté associado ao Benfica" [Konaté associated with Benfica] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. Ben Konaté at the Cyprus Turkish Football Association
  5. "Ben Konaté". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. "Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Squad". World Soccer. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 29 January 2012.


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