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Mory Konaté
Mory Konaté with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mechelen
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Alfter 62 (9)
2017–2018 Erndtebrück 26 (1)
2018–2019 Borussia Dortmund II 23 (3)
2019–2023 Sint-Truidense 64 (5)
2023– Mechelen 15 (0)
International career‡
2022– Guinea 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:37, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Mory Konaté (born 15 November 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Mechelen and the Guinea national team.

Professional career

Konaté began playing football late, and moved to Germany as student after his lack of footballing opportunities in Guinea. He began playing amateur football with Alfter in 2014, before signing a contract with Borussia Dortmund II in 2017.[1] On 29 August 2019, Konaté transferred Sint-Truidense.[2] Konaté made his professional debut with Sint-Truidense in a 5-2 Belgian First Division A win over K.A.S. Eupen on 8 February 2020, wherein he scored the opening goal.[3]

On 13 July 2023, Konaté signed a three-season contract with Mechelen.[4]

International career

On 13 March 2020, Konaté was called up to represent the Guinea national football team.[5] On 27 December 2021, he was included in Guinea's extended 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad.[6] He debuted with the Guinea national team in a 3–0 friendly loss to Rwanda on 3 January 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Mory Konaté: "Ich liebe Zweikämpfe"". schwatzgelb.de.
  2. ^ "Mory Konaté quitte la réserve de Dortmund pour Saint-Trond (officiel)". August 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. AS Eupen – 8 February 2020 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Konaté tekent bij Malinwa" [Konaté signs with Malinwa] (in Dutch). Mechelen. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Syli National : les premiers mots de Mory Konaté". March 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Afcon 2021: Antoine Conte and Florentin Pogba replaced in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. 27 December 2021.
  7. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rwanda vs. Guinea (3:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
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