Ibrahima Sory Conté (born 3 April 1991) is a Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Maccabi Jaffa.

Career

Conté comes from the youth section of

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. He played his first games in Belgium in the youth division of

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. His first game was in the 2009–10 season. He played for the team of Gent against

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as a substitute. In the 2010–11 season, he was definitely part of the A-team. Conté joined

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in the end of August 2016. In January 2017, he was loaned out to

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. Conté left

on 5 March 2019. Conté made his debut for

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

on 17 November 2010, coming on as a substitute in the 1:2 loss against

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

in a

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Conté goal.''

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* * 1991 births Living people Susu people Sportspeople from Conakry Guinean footballers Association football wingers Association football midfielders Guinea international footballers K.A.A. Gent players S.V. Zulte Waregem players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.V. Oostende players S.K. Beveren players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Maccabi Jaffa F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Guinean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Israel Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub