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Ivorian footballer

Ben Konaté
Personal information
Full name Ben Mamadou Konaté
Date of birth (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Adjamé, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team 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
International career
2010–2014 Equatorial Guinea 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 23:06 (UTC)

Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Born in the Ivory Coast, he played for 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. 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.

In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.

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.

From 2016 to 2017, Konaté played for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig.

International career

He played in several youth teams of the Ivory Coast national football team. He switched in 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his debut in the 2010 season. 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.

References

  1. ^ "CAN 2012 / Konaté Ben Mamadou, meilleur joueur du championnat équato-guinéen : Je lance un défi aux Eléphants" (in French).
  2. Photo at fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net
  3. "Konaté associado ao Benfica" [Konaté associated with Benfica] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. Ben Konaté at the Cyprus Turkish Football Association
  5. Ben Konaté at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. "Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Squad". World Soccer. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

External links

Equatorial Guinea squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Equatorial Guinea


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