Amara Konate (born 1 February 1999) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club

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Personal life

Born in Nzérékoré, Guinea, Konate left his native country in 2017 to move to Europe, crossing the Mediterranean Sea via Libya and then finally settling down to Italy. After landing to

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, he was moved to an immigration center in

Cassino Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...

, where he started playing football with a local team, despite not having ever seriously played the game before.

Career

Perugia

While in Cassino, he was noticed by a football agent, who proposed him to Perugia; on his trial, he convinced the club managers to sign him, joining the club's Under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season.

Loan to Rieti

On 1 October 2018, Serie C club

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officially announced that Konate joined them on a season-long loan. He made his Serie C debut for Rieti earlier, on 29 September 2018 in a game against

as a 90th-minute substitute for

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Messina

On 30 July 2021 he joined

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* 1999 births Living people People from Nzérékoré Guinean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players AC Perugia Calcio players FC Rieti players ACR Messina players Cavese 1919 players Guinean expatriate men's footballers Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub