Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and 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 The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2011 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African ...

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

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second qualifying round against

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scoring the first goal and assisting the second for

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in Maccabi's victory 3–1.

Krasnodar

After excelling playing for

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in the

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scoring five goals, Konaté joined Russian club

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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

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side

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on a season-long loan deal.

Amiens

On 13 August 2017, Konaté signed a four-year contract with

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Dijon

Following

's relegation from

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in the 2019–20 season, Konaté signed a three-year contract with

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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

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in Turkey.

Dinamo Batumi

On 24 January 2023, Konaté joined

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in Georgia on a one-year deal.

Bourges

On 26 October 2023, Konaté signed for

(French 4th division) club

, that had been recently bought by his former international teammate

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International career

Konaté started all of

's matches at the 2012 Olympic tournament in which the nation reached the quarter-finals. In the first group game at

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, he scored an 82nd-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with hosts

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. Konaté was named in the Senegal squad for the

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after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury. In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal''

Honours

Sion *

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: 2014–15 Sivasspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2021–22

References