Moussa Konaté (footballer)

Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Bourges and the Senegal national team.

Moussa Konaté

Konaté with Sion in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Moussa Konaté[1]
Date of birth	(1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	M'Bour, Senegal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bourges
Number	14
Youth career
2005–2010	Toure Kunda de Mbour
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Toure Kunda de Mbour	13	(3)
2011–2012	Maccabi Tel Aviv	29	(5)
2012–2014	Krasnodar	10	(1)
2013–2014	→ Genoa (loan)	25	(1)
2014–2017	Sion	93	(35)
2017–2020	Amiens	76	(22)
2020–2023	Dijon	27	(5)
2021–2022	→ Espérance Tunis (loan)	5	(1)
2022	→ Sivasspor (loan)	12	(0)
2023	Dinamo Batumi	13	(2)
2023–	Bourges	13	(4)
International career
2010–2012	Senegal U20	4	(0)
2012	Senegal U23	4	(5)
2012–2019	Senegal	34	(12)
Medal record Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2019
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:54, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Moussa Konaté started his career playing for Senegalese second division club ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour, helping them to win promotion to the top division and win the Senegal FA Cup for the 2010 season, which resulted in a 2011 CAF Confederation Cup appearance. In spring 2011 Konaté went to Israel for a months trial with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He impressed Maccabi's coach Moti Ivanir enough to become Maccabi's first signing for the 2011–12 season.^[3][4]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

After signing a two-year contract with the club, Konaté became Maccabi's fifth foreign player in the squad. He made his debut playing in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against Khazar Lankaran scoring the first goal and assisting the second for Eliran Atar in Maccabi's victory 3–1.^[5]

Krasnodar

After excelling playing for Senegal in the 2012 Summer Olympics scoring five goals,^[6] Konaté joined Russian club Krasnodar^[7] for a fee of €2 million.^[8] After joining Krasnodar, he revealed he had rejected Premier League clubs in favour of Krasnodar.^[9]

Loan to Genoa

On 12 July 2013, Konaté joined Italian Serie A side Genoa on a season-long loan deal.^[10]

Amiens

On 13 August 2017, Konaté signed a four-year contract with Amiens.^[11]

Dijon

Following Amiens's relegation from Ligue 1 in the 2019–20 season, Konaté signed a three-year contract with Dijon on 20 October 2020, for a fee of €2.4 million.^[12]

Loan to Espérance Tunis

On 15 September 2021, Konaté joined Tunisian side Espérance Tunis on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.^[13]

Loan to Sivasspor

On 12 February 2022, Konaté moved on loan to Sivasspor in Turkey.^[14]

Dinamo Batumi

On 24 January 2023, Konaté joined Dinamo Batumi in Georgia on a one-year deal.^[15]

Bourges

On 26 October 2023, Konaté signed for Championnat National 2 (French 4th division) club Bourges, that had been recently bought by his former international teammate Sadio Mané.^[16]

International career

Konaté started all of Senegal's matches at the 2012 Olympic tournament in which the nation reached the quarter-finals. In the first group game at Old Trafford, he scored an 82nd-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with hosts Great Britain.^[17]

Konaté was named in the Senegal squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury.^[18]

In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 July 2020^[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2011–12	Israeli Premier League	29	5	0	0	9[a]	2	38	7
Krasnodar	2012–13	Russian Premier League	10	1	2	0	0	0	12	1
Genoa (loan)	2013–14	Serie A	25	1	1	0	0	0	26	1
Sion	2014–15	Swiss Super League	27	16	5	4	1[a]	2	33	22
	2015–16		29	10	2	1	7[a]	3	38	14
	2016–17		33	8	5	4	0	0	38	12
	2017–18		4	1	0	0	2[a]	1	6	2
	Total		93	35	12	9	10	6	115	50
Amiens	2017–18	Ligue 1	33	13	2	1	0	0	35	14
	2018–19		27	7	1	0	0	0	28	7
	2019–20		12	2	2	0	0	0	14	2
	Total		72	22	5	1	0	0	77	23
Career total			223	61	30	10	19	8	262	79

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 1 July 2019^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2012	5	1
	2014	2	1
	2015	9	5
	2016	5	1
	2017	3	0
	2018	6	3
	2019	4	1
Total		34	12

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal^[21]

List of international goals scored by Moussa Konaté

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2012	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco	Morocco	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	31 May 2014	Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	1–2	2–2	Friendly
3	13 January 2015	Stade Larbi Benbarek, Casablanca, Morocco	Guinea	5–1	5–2	Friendly
4	28 March 2015	Stade Océane, Le Havre, France	Ghana	1–0	2–1	Friendly
5				2–0
6	13 June 2015	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Burundi	1–0	3–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	17 November 2015	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Madagascar	2–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	29 March 2016	Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger	Niger	1–0	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9	23 March 2018	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Uzbekistan	1–1	1–1	Friendly
10	11 June 2018	Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria	South Korea	2–0	2–0	Friendly
11	9 September 2018	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Madagascar	1–0	2–2	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12	26 March 2019	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Mali	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Sion

• Swiss Cup: 2014–15

Sivasspor

• Turkish Cup: 2021–22