Pape Moussa Konaté

Moussa Konaté
Personal information
Full name Pape Moussa Konaté
Date of birth 3 April 1993 (1993-04-03) (age 18)
Place of birth Senegal
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number 18
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv 8 (4)
National team‡
2010- Senegal U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:38, 21 July 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:38, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Pape Moussa Konaté (born April 3, 1993) known as simply Moussa Konaté is a Senegalese professional football player currently playing for Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv as a Forward .

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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 Konate came to Israel for a month trial for Maccabi Tel Aviv . He impressed Maccabi's coach Moti Ivanir enough to become Maccabi's first signing[1] for the 2011-2012 season.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

After signing a 2 year contract with the club Konate became Maccabi's 5th 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.[2]

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe International Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ASC Toure Kunda 2010-11 9 3 - - - - - - 9 3
Total 9 3 - - - - - - 9 3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2011–12 8 4 3 1 8 2 - - 19 7
Total 8 4 3 1 8 2 - - 19 7
Total 17 7 3 1 8 2 - - 28 10

References

  1. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2011/06/13/2530917/maccabi-tel-aviv-recruit-senegals-moussa-konat%C3%A9
  2. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000269/match=2007090/index.html
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. – current squad