Moussa Konaté (footballer)

Pape Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Amiens SC and the Senegal national team. He was called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Moussa Konaté
Konaté with Sion in 2016
Personal information
Full name Pape Moussa Konaté[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993
Place of birth M'Bour, Senegal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 11
Youth career
2005–2010 ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour 9 (3)
2011–2012 Maccabi Tel Aviv 29 (5)
2012–2014 Krasnodar 10 (1)
2013–2014 → Genoa (loan) 25 (1)
2014–2017 Sion 93 (35)
2017–2020 Amiens 81 (23)
2020– Dijon 11 (3)
National team‡
2010–2012 Senegal U20 4 (0)
2012 Senegal U23 4 (5)
2012– Senegal 31 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:15, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Moussa Konaté started his career playing for Senegalese second division club ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour, helping them to win promotion to the top division and win the Senegal FA Cup for the 2010 season, which resulted in a 2011 CAF Confederation Cup appearance. In spring 2011 Konaté went to Israel for a months trial with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He impressed Maccabi's coach Moti Ivanir enough to become Maccabi's first signing for the 2011–12 season.[3][4]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

After signing a two-year contract with the club, Konaté became Maccabi's fifth foreign player in the squad. He made his debut playing in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against FK Khazar Lankaran scoring the first goal and assisting the second for Eliran Atar in Maccabi's victory 3–1.[5]

Krasnodar

After excelling playing for Senegal in the 2012 Summer Olympics scoring five goals,[6] Konaté joined Russian club FC Krasnodar[7] for a fee of €2 million.[8] After joining Krasnodar, he revealed he had rejected Premier League clubs in favour of Krasnodar.[9]

Loan to Genoa

On 12 July 2013, Konaté joined Italian Serie A side Genoa on a season-long loan deal.[10]

Amiens

On 13 August 2017, Konaté signed a four-year contract with Amiens SC.[11]

Dijon

Following Amiens's relegation from Ligue 1 in the 2019–20 season, Konaté signed a three-year contract with Dijon FCO on 20 October 2020, for a fee of €2.4 million.[12]

International career

Konaté started all of Senegal's matches at the 2012 Olympic tournament in which the nation reached the quarter-finals. In the first group game at Old Trafford, he scored an 82nd-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with hosts Great Britain.[13]

Konaté was named in the Senegal squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury.[14]

In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 July 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2011–12 Israeli Premier League 295009[lower-alpha 1]2387
Krasnodar 2012–13 Russian Premier League 1012000121
Genoa (loan)2013–14 Serie A 2511000261
Sion 2014–15 Swiss Super League 2716541[lower-alpha 1]23322
2015–16 2910217[lower-alpha 1]33814
2016–17 33854003812
2017–18 41002[lower-alpha 1]162
Total 933512910611550
Amiens SC 2017–18 Ligue 1 331321003514
2018–19 2771000287
2019–20 1222000142
Total 722251007723
Career totals 22361301019826279
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 27 July 2019[17]
Senegal
YearAppsGoals
201241
201300
201421
201574
201651
201730
201863
201941
Total3111

International goals
Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal (includes one unofficial goal).[17]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 May 2012Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco
1–0
1–0
Friendly
2.31 May 2014Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina Colombia
1–2
2–2
3.13 January 2015Stade Larbi Benbarek, Casablanca, Morocco Guinea
5–1
5–2
4.28 March 2015Stade Océane, Le Havre, France Ghana
1–0
2–1
5.
2–0
6.13 June 2015Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Burundi
1–0
3–1
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.17 November 2015Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Madagascar
2–0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.29 March 2016Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Niger
1–0
2–1
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.23 March 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Uzbekistan
1–1
1–1
Friendly
10.11 June 2018Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria South Korea
2–0
2–0
11.9 September 2018Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar
1–0
2–2
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.26 March 2019Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Mali
2–1
2–1
Friendly

Honours

Club

Sion

References
  1. "Uefa Profile Moussa". UEFA.
  2. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. "Maccabi Tel Aviv recruit Senegal's Moussa Konaté". Goal.com. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. "M. Konaté". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. "UEFA Europa League 2011/12 - History - M. Tel-Aviv-Xäzär Länkäran –". Uefa.com. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. "World Player of the Week: Moussa Konate - Senegal". Goal.com. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  7. "Senegal striker Moussa Konate joins Russia's Krasnodar". BBC Sport. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  8. "Official: Moussa Konate joins Kuban Krasnodar". Goal.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  9. "Konate opts for Russian move". Sky Sports. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "MOUSSA KONATE EST UN JOUEUR DE L'AMIENS SC" (in French). Amiens SC. 13 August 2017.
  12. "Moussa Konate: Amiens forward joins Dijon on three-year deal". Amiens SC. 21 October 2020.
  13. Fletcher, Paul (26 July 2014). "London 2012: Great Britain denied by late Senegal strike". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  14. "2015 Africa Cup of Nations: Diafra Sakho ruled out for Senegal". BBC Sport. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  15. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  16. Moussa Konaté at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  17. "Moussa Konaté". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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