Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Senegal national team.
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.
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.
Krasnodar After excelling playing for Senegal in the 2012 Summer Olympics scoring five goals, Konaté joined Russian club Krasnodar for a fee of €2 million. After joining Krasnodar, he revealed he had rejected Premier League clubs in favour of Krasnodar.
Loan to Genoa On 12 July 2013, Konaté joined Italian Serie A side Genoa on a season-long loan deal.
Amiens On 13 August 2017, Konaté signed a four-year contract with Amiens.
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.
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.
Loan to Sivasspor On 12 February 2022, Konaté moved on loan to Sivasspor in Turkey.
Dinamo Batumi On 24 January 2023, Konaté joined Dinamo Batumi in Georgia on a one-year deal.
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.
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.
Konaté was named in the Senegal squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury.
In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMaccabi Tel Aviv2011–12Israeli Premier League2950092387Krasnodar2012–13Russian Premier League1012000121Genoa (loan)2013–14Serie A2511000261Sion2014–15Swiss Super League2716541233222015–162910217338142016–17338540038122017–1841002162Total933512910611550Amiens2017–18Ligue 13313210035142018–1927710002872019–201222000142Total722251007723Career total22361301019826279
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSenegal201251201421201595201651201730201863201941Total3412
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal
+ List of international goals scored by Moussa KonatéNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 25 May 2012 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco 1–0 1–0 Friendly2 31 May 2014 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1–2 2–2 Friendly3 13 January 2015 Stade Larbi Benbarek, Casablanca, Morocco 5–1 5–2 Friendly4 28 March 2015 Stade Océane, Le Havre, France 1–0 2–1 Friendly5 2–06 13 June 2015 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal 1–0 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification7 17 November 2015 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal 2–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification8 29 March 2016 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 1–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification9 23 March 2018 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco 1–1 1–1 Friendly10 11 June 2018 Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria 2–0 2–0 Friendly11 9 September 2018 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar 1–0 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification12 26 March 2019 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal 2–1 2–1 Friendly
Honours Sion Swiss Cup: 2014–15
Sivasspor Turkish Cup: 2021–22
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