Soumaïla Konaré (born 22 July 1991), commonly known as Sumy, is a Malian

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who plays for

Gibraltar National League The Gibraltar Football League is the only senior tier of association football in Gibraltar, founded in 2019 as the Gibraltar National League after a merger of the Gibraltar Premier Division, which served as the top division of football on the ...

side

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as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Sumy joined

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

's youth setup in 2009 from

Mora CF Mora Club de Fútbol is a football team based in Mora in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1977, it plays in the Primera Autonómica Preferente – Group 2. Its stadium is '' Municipal Las Delicias'' with a capacity of 6 ...

. After making his senior debuts with the reserves in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, he was definitely promoted to the main squad in August 2010. Sumy made his first-team debut on 11 September 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for David Sousa in a 2–1 home win against

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. He appeared in 11 matches during the campaign, as ''Alba'' suffered an immediate relegation. On 25 January 2012, after being rarely used, Sumy was loaned to

Celta de Vigo B Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D. "B" is a Spanish football team based in Vigo, Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1927, it is the reserve team of Celta Vigo and competes in the Primera Federación – Group 1. They pl ...

until June and with an obligatory buyout clause. In August he signed a four-year deal with Tunisian side

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

, but in November returned to his first club Mora. On 20 August 2013 Sumy moved to

CD Madridejos Club Deportivo Madridejos is a football club based in Madridejos, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Founded in 1968, the team plays in Tercera División Group 18. The club's home ground is ''Nuevo Estadio'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. Season to seas ...

, in the fourth tier. On 9 July 2015 he signed a one-year deal with

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side

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; after being rarely used, he returned to his former club Madridejos in October.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumy 1991 births Living people Malian footballers Association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Albacete players Albacete Balompié players Celta de Vigo B players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers Lynx F.C. players Club Africain players Malian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Tunisia People from Koulikoro Region 21st-century Malian people