Mory Konaté

Mory Konaté (born 15 November 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the club Sint-Truidense.

Mory Konaté
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sint-Truidense
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Alfter 62 (9)
2017–2018 Erndtebrück 26 (1)
2018–2019 Borussia Dortmund II 23 (3)
2019– Sint-Truidense 17 (1)
International career‡
2022– Guinea 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:06, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:37, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Professional career

Konaté began playing football late, and moved to Germany as student after his lack of footballing opportunities in Guinea. He began playing amateur football with Alfter in 2014, before signing a contract with Borussia Dortmund II in 2017.[1] On 29 August 2019, Konaté transferred Sint-Truidense.[2] Konaté made his professional debut with Sint-Truidense in a 5-2 Belgian First Division A win over K.A.S. Eupen on 8 February 2020, wherein he scored the opening goal.[3]

International career

On 13 March 2020, Konaté was called up to represent the Guinea national football team.[4] On 27 December 2021, he was included in Guinea's extended 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad.[5] He debuted with the Guinea national team in a 3–0 friendly loss to Rwanda on 3 January 2022.[6]

References
  1. "Mory Konaté: "Ich liebe Zweikämpfe"". schwatzgelb.de.
  2. "Mory Konaté quitte la réserve de Dortmund pour Saint-Trond (officiel)". August 28, 2019.
  3. "Sint-Truiden vs. AS Eupen – 8 February 2020 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. "Syli National : les premiers mots de Mory Konaté". March 13, 2020.
  5. "Afcon 2021: Antoine Conte and Florentin Pogba replaced in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. 27 December 2021.
  6. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rwanda vs. Guinea (3:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
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