Lamine Conte (born 15 August 1998) is a Guinean

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Career

Early career

Conte was born in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

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 ...

, before moving to the United States. He played with the

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academy between 2014 and 2016, helping the Union to the U.S. Soccer Development U16 Final Four during the 2014–15 season. In 2016, Conte attended the

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to play

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. Here he made 23 stats over two seasons with the Rams. Conte was named an NAIA Second Team All-American as a sophomore and helped the Rams advance to the quarterfinal of the 2017 NAIA National Championship and was selected to the Southern States Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team, earned SSAC First Team All-Conference and NAIA All-National Team honors, as well as being named to the SSAC All-Freshman Team in 2016. In 2018, Conte transferred to the

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, where he made 31 appearances, tallying a single assists and been named to the 2018 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team. Whilst at college, Conte played three seasons with

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in the

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, making 28 regular season appearances and nine playoff appearances. In 2019, he was voted League Two Defensive Player of the Year.

Professional

On 21 January 2021, Conte was selected 40th overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by

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. Conte signed with

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club

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on 22 April 2021. Due to visa issues, Conte didn't play with the team during their 2021 season, but re-signed with the club for another season on 25 January 2022. He made his professional debut on 12 March 2022, starting against The

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conte, Lamine 1998 births Living people Association football defenders Expatriate soccer players in the United States Guinean expatriate footballers Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Guinean footballers Louisville Cardinals men's soccer players New York Red Bulls II players Reading United A.C. players Soccer players from Pennsylvania USL Championship players USL League Two players