Ben Konaté
Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ben Mamadou Konaté | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* 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
- "CAN 2012 / Konaté Ben Mamadou, meilleur joueur du championnat équato-guinéen : Je lance un défi aux Eléphants" (in French).
- Photo at fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net
- "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.
- Ben Konaté at the Cyprus Turkish Football Association
- "Ben Konaté". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
- "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.
