Ben Konaté

Ben Konaté
Personal information
Full name Ben Mamadou Konaté
Date of birth (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989
Place of birth Adjamé, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Académie de Sol Beni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Lazer
2001 Réveil Daloa
2002 Stade d'Abidjan
2002–2004ASEC 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)
National team
2010–2014 Equatorial Guinea 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 23:06 (UTC)

Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), is an Ivorian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer who recently played as a defensive midfielder for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig.[1]

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.[2] 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.[2]

In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.[3]

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.[4]

International career

He played in several youthteams of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team.[2] He switched than 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

  1. Ben Konaté at the Cyprus Turkish Football Association
  2. 1 2 3 "CAN 2012 / Konaté Ben Mamadou, meilleur joueur du championnat équato-guinéen : ‘’Je lance un défi aux Eléphants" (in French).
  3. Photo at fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net
  4. "Konaté associado ao Benfica" [Konaté associated with Benfica] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. Ben Konaté at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. "Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Squad". World Soccer. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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