Moussa Konaté (footballer)

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Moussa Konaté
File:Pape Moussa Konaté.jpg
Konaté playing for Senegal at the London Olympics in 2012
Personal information
Full name Pape Moussa Konaté[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Senegal
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Position(s) Forward
Winger
Team information
Current team
 FC Sion
Number 14
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 FC Krasnodar 10 (1)
2013–2014 → Genoa (loan) 25 (1)
2014– FC Sion 46 (24)
International career‡
2010– 2012 Senegal U20 4 (0)
2012– Senegal U23 4 (5)
2012– Senegal 16 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2015

Pape Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993), known as Moussa Konaté, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for the Swiss club FC Sion as a forward.

Career

Moussa Konaté started his career playing for Senegalese second division club ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour, helping them to win promotion to top division and win the Senegal FA Cup for 2010 season, which resulted in 2011 CAF Confederation Cup appearance. In spring 2011 Konaté went to Israel for a month trial for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He impressed Maccabi's coach Moti Ivanir enough to become Maccabi's first signing for the 2011–12 season.[2]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

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

FC Krasnodar

After excelling playing for Senegal in the 2012 Summer Olympics scoring five goals,[4] Konaté joined Russian club FC Krasnodar[5][6] for a fee of €2 million after previously being linked with Premier League clubs.[7] After joining Krasnodar, he revealed he had rejected Premier League clubs in favour of Krasnodar.[8]

Genoa loan spell

On 12 July 2013, Konaté joined Italian Serie A side Genoa on a season-long loan deal.[9]

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.[10]

Konaté was named in the Sengalese squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury.[11]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 25 May 2012 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Morocco
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
2. 31 May 2014 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Colombia
1–2
2–2
 Friendly
3. 13 January 2015 Stade Larbi Benbarek, Casablanca, Morocco  Guinea
5–1
5–2
 Friendly
4. 28 March 2015 Stade Océane, Le Havre, France  Ghana
1–0
2–1
 Friendly
5.
2–0
6. 13 June 2015 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Burundi
1–0
3–1
 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification
7. 17 November 2015 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Madagascar
2–0
3–0
 World Cup Qualification

References

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