Amadou Dante

Amadou Dante (born 7 October 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Arouca on loan from Austrian club Sturm Graz.

Amadou Dante

Dante in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Arouca (on loan from Sturm Graz)
Number	27
Youth career
0000–2019	Yeelen Olympique
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Sturm Graz	94	(1)
2019–2020	→ Hartberg (loan)	10	(1)
2024	→ Zürich (loan)	14	(2)
2024–	→ Arouca (loan)	16	(0)
International career‡
2019	Mali U20	4	(0)
2022–	Mali	13	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2025

Club career

Amadou Dante started his career at Malian side Yeelen Olympique. Shortly after the tournament, the Austrian club Sturm Graz signed him and immediately loaned him to TSV Hartberg. In the following years Dante was mostly a first-team regular at Sturm Graz, played many international matches and won the Austrian Cup in 2023.

In February 2024, After playing at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024, Dante joined FC Zürich in Switzerland on loan with an option to buy.^[2] The club finally decided not to buy Dante. In summer 2024, Portuguese side FC Arouca loaned Dante for one year with an option to buy.^[3]

International career

Dante participated in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. He plays three games in this competition, all of them as the holder, including Mali's final against Senegal, after a shoot-out.

Amadou Dante honours his first selection with Mali national team on 4 June 2022, against Congo. He's got a tenure and his team wins by four goals to zero. On January 2, 2024, he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Eric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2025^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sturm Graz	2019–20	Austrian Football Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2020–21		31	1	5	0	–		–		36	1
	2021–22		31	0	2	0	8[a]	0	–		41	0
	2022–23		21	0	4	0	8[b]	0	–		33	0
	2023–24		11	0	2	0	6[c]	0	–		20	0
	Total		94	1	13	0	22	0	–		89	1
Hartberg (loan)	2019–20	Austrian Football Bundesliga	10	1	0	0	–		0	0	10	1
Zürich (loan)	2023–24	Swiss Super League	14	2	–		–		–		14	2
Arouca (loan)	2024–25	Primeira Liga	16	0	1	0	–		–		17	0
Career total			134	4	14	0	22	0	0	0	171	4

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of matches played on 5 June 2025^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2022	3	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	4	0
	2025	2	0
Total		13	0