Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Born in the Ivory Coast, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Club career
Konaté has played for several clubs in Ivory Coast: Lazer, Réveil Daloa, Stade d'Abidjan, ASEC Mimosas (when Ivorian Romaric was still there) and Africa Sports.[1] After that, he went to Burkina Faso, where he played football for Faso-Yennenga, and Equatorial Guinea, disputing the 2008 CAF Champions League (preliminary round) for Renacimiento.[1]
In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.[2]
In January 2012 due to his performances in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (playing for Equatorial Guinea), he attracted interest from Portuguese club Benfica.[3]
From 2016 to 2017, Konaté played for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig.[4]
International career
He played in several youth teams of the Ivory Coast national football team.[1] He switched in 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his debut in the 2010 season.[5] In January 2012 he was called up to the national side to be part of the squad to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "CAN 2012 / Konaté Ben Mamadou, meilleur joueur du championnat équato-guinéen : Je lance un défi aux Eléphants" (in French).
- ^ Photo at fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net [dead link]
- ^ "Konaté associado ao Benfica" [Konaté associated with Benfica] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Ben Konaté at the Cyprus Turkish Football Association
- ^ Ben Konaté at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Squad". World Soccer. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
External links
- Ben Konaté at Soccerway
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