# Moussa Konaté (footballer)

Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Bourges 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 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 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against Khazar Lankaran scoring the first goal and assisting the second for Eliran Atar in Maccabi's victory 3–1.

### Krasnodar

After excelling playing for Senegal in the 2012 Summer Olympics scoring five goals, Konaté joined Russian club Krasnodar 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 Serie A side Genoa on a season-long loan deal.

### Amiens

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

### Dijon

Following Amiens's relegation from Ligue 1 in the 2019–20 season, Konaté signed a three-year contract with Dijon 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 Sivasspor in Turkey.

### Dinamo Batumi

On 24 January 2023, Konaté joined Dinamo Batumi in Georgia on a one-year deal.

### Bourges

On 26 October 2023, Konaté signed for Championnat National 2 (French 4th division) club Bourges, that had been recently bought by his former international teammate Sadio Mané.

## International career

Konaté started all of Senegal's matches at the 2012 Olympic tournament in which the nation reached the quarter-finals. In the first group game at Old Trafford, he scored an 82nd-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with hosts Great Britain.
Konaté was named in the Senegal squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after Diafra Sakho withdrew due to injury.
In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 27 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2011–12 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 7 |
| Krasnodar | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Genoa (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Sion | 2014–15 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 22 |
| Sion | 2015–16 | Swiss Super League | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 14 |
| Sion | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12 |
| Sion | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Sion | Total | Total | 93 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 115 | 50 |
| Amiens | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 |
| Amiens | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 |
| Amiens | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Amiens | Total | Total | 72 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 23 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 223 | 61 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 262 | 79 |
* 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 1 July 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Senegal | 2012 | 5 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2015 | 9 | 5 |
| Senegal | 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| Senegal | 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| Senegal | 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 34 | 12 |
    Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal
List of international goals scored by Moussa Konaté :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 25 May 2012 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | Morocco | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 31 May 2014 | Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Colombia | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 13 January 2015 | Stade Larbi Benbarek, Casablanca, Morocco | Guinea | 5–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 28 March 2015 | Stade Océane, Le Havre, France | Ghana | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 28 March 2015 | Stade Océane, Le Havre, France | Ghana | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 13 June 2015 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | Burundi | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 7 | 17 November 2015 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | Madagascar | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 29 March 2016 | Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger | Niger | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 9 | 23 March 2018 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | Uzbekistan | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 11 June 2018 | Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria | South Korea | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 9 September 2018 | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar | Madagascar | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 12 | 26 March 2019 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | Mali | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |

## Honours

Sion
* Swiss Cup: 2014–15
Sivasspor
* Turkish Cup: 2021–22