Moussa Konaté (footballer)

Moussa Konaté (footballer)
Pape 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
International
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal.
Honours
Sion
Swiss Cup: 2014–15
Sivasspor
Turkish Cup: 2021–22
References
Living people
1993 births
Senegalese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Senegal men's international footballers
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
FC Krasnodar players
Genoa CFC players
FC Sion players
Amiens SC players
Dijon FCO players
Espérance Sportive de Tunis players
Sivasspor footballers
FC Dinamo Batumi players
Bourges Foot 18 players
Israeli Premier League players
Russian Premier League players
Serie A players
Swiss Super League players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Süper Lig players
Erovnuli Liga players
Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
Olympic footballers for Senegal
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players