Mohamed Konaté (footballer, born 1997)

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Mohamed Konaté
Konaté with Akhmat Grozny in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Odienné, Ivory Coast
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Akhmat Grozny
Number 13
Youth career
0000–2016 AS Denguélé
2016
FC Saxan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Ural Yekaterinburg 4 (0)
2017 Babīte 1 (1)
2017
Kairat Academy
12 (3)
2018 Gomel 12 (2)
2018–2019 Pyunik 15 (6)
2019 Tambov 2 (0)
2019–2021 Khimki 34 (3)
2021– Akhmat Grozny 74 (25)
International career
2020– Burkina Faso 25 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024

Mohamed Konaté (born 12 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny. Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Burkina Faso at international level.

Club career

Konaté made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Ural Yekaterinburg on 17 September 2016, in a game against Anzhi Makhachkala.[1] Konaté left Ural Yekaterinburg in February 2017 in pursuit of more first team football.[2] On 22 April 2017, he debuted for his new club, Latvian Babīte, and scored on his debut.[3]

In July 2017, Konaté and

Kairat-A until the end of the 2017 season.[4] Following the completion of the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division, Konaté went on trial with Belarusian Premier League side Gomel.[5]

On 24 June 2018, Pyunik announced the signing of Konaté.[6] On 1 June 2019, Konaté was released by Pyunik.[7]

On 2 September 2019, he signed with the

Russian Football National League side Khimki.[8]

On 18 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced the signing of Konaté on a one-year contract, with the option of additional two years.[9]

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Konaté is of Burkinabé descent. On 9 October 2020, Konaté represented the

DR Congo.[10]

Personal life

In August 2023, he received Russian citizenship.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 April 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 4 0 1 1 2[a] 0 7 1
Babīte 2017 Virslīga 1 1 0 0 1 1
Kairat-A
2017
Kazakhstan First Division
12 3 0 0 12 3
Gomel 2018 Belarusian Premier League 12 2 0 0 12 2
Pyunik 2018–19 Armenian Premier League 15 6 1 0 6[b] 2 22 8
Tambov 2019–20 Russian Premier League 2 0 0 0 2 0
Khimki
2019–20
Russian Football National League 8 0 3 0 11 0
2020–21 Russian Premier League 26 3 3 2 29 5
Total 34 3 6 2 40 5
Akhmat Grozny 2021–22 Russian Premier League 27 8 0 0 27 8
2022–23 Russian Premier League 24 11 4 2 28 13
2023–24 Russian Premier League 23 6 5 2 28 8
Total 74 25 9 4 83 29
Career total 154 40 17 7 6 2 2 0 179 49
  1. ^ Appearances in the FNL Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 January 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Burkina Faso 2020 4 0
2021 7 2
2022 5 0
2023 5 1
2024 4 3
Total 25 6
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal.
List of international goals scored by Mohamed Konaté
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Niger 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 8 October 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Djibouti 4–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 17 October 2023 Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco  Mauritania 1–0 2–1
Friendly
4 5 January 2024 Kish Olympic Stadium, Kish, Iran  Iran 1–0 1–2 Friendly
5 10 January 2024 Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  DR Congo 2–0 2–1 Friendly
6 20 January 2024 Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast  Algeria 1–0 2–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by RPL". Russian Premier League. 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Не выдержал конкуренции: ивуарийский нападающий Мохамед Конате покидает Урал". nakanune.ru (in Russian). Nakanune. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Spartaks Jurmala-Babīte". Soccerway. 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Официально: Мохамед Конате и Седрик Гогуа игроки Кайрат А". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Игрок Кайрат А находится на просмотре в белорусском клубе". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿԸ ՀԻՆԳ ՆՈՐԵԿ ՈՒՆԻ". fcpyunik.am (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ^ "6 ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացան Փյունիկից". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ^ "МОХАМЕД КОНАТЕ - НОВЫЙ НАПАДАЮЩИЙ "ХИМОК"" [Mohamed Konate is the new forward of Khimki] (in Russian). FC Khimki. 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Мохамед Конате перешел в Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Burkina Faso vs RD Congo - Amicaux internationaux - 09 Octobre 2020". fr.besoccer.com.
  11. РБК
    (in Russian). 27 August 2023.
  12. ^ Mohamed Konaté at Soccerway
  13. ^ Mohamed Konaté at National-Football-Teams.com

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