Mohamed Konaté
Konaté with Akhmat Grozny in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997
Place of birth Odienné, Ivory Coast
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Akhmat Grozny
Number 13
Youth career
0000–2016 AS Denguélé
2016 FC Saxan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Ural Yekaterinburg 4 (0)
2017 Babīte 1 (1)
2017 Kairat Academy 12 (3)
2018 Gomel 12 (2)
2018–2019 Pyunik 15 (6)
2019 Tambov 2 (0)
2019–2021 Khimki 34 (3)
2021– Akhmat Grozny 68 (24)
International career‡
2020– Burkina Faso 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2022

Mohamed Konaté (born 12 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny. Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Burkina Faso at international level.

Club career

Konaté made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Ural Yekaterinburg on 17 September 2016, in a game against Anzhi Makhachkala.[1] Konaté left Ural Yekaterinburg in February 2017 in pursuit of more first team football.[2] On 22 April 2017, he debuted for his new club, Latvian Babīte, and scored on his debut.[3]

In July 2017, Konaté and Cédric Gogoua joined Kairat's academy side Kairat-A until the end of the 2017 season.[4] Following the completion of the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division, Konaté went on trial with Belarusian Premier League side Gomel.[5]

On 24 June 2018, Pyunik announced the signing of Konaté.[6] On 1 June 2019, Konaté was released by Pyunik.[7]

On 2 September 2019, he signed with the Russian Football National League side Khimki.[8]

On 18 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced the signing of Konaté on a one-year contract, with the option of additional two years.[9]

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Konaté is of Burkinabé descent. On 9 October 2020, Konaté represented the Burkina Faso national team in a friendly 3–0 win over DR Congo.[10]

Personal life

In August 2023, he received Russian citizenship.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 4011–2[lower-alpha 1]071
Babīte 2017 Virslīga 1100––11
Kairat-A 2017 Kazakhstan First Division 12300––123
Gomel 2018 Belarusian Premier League 12200––122
Pyunik 2018–19 Armenian Premier League 156106[lower-alpha 2]2–228
Tambov 2019–20 Russian Premier League 2000––20
Khimki 2019–20 Russian Football National League 8030––110
2020–21 Russian Premier League 26332––295
Total 34362––405
Akhmat Grozny 2021–22 Russian Premier League 27800––278
2022–23 Russian Premier League 241142––2813
2023–24 Russian Premier League 17552––227
Total 682494––7728
Career total 14839177622017348
  1. ↑ Appearances in the FNL Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 29 January 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Burkina Faso 202040
202172
202240
Total152
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konaté goal.
List of international goals scored by Mohamed Konaté
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 September 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Niger 2–0 2–0 2022 World Cup qualification
2 8 October 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Djibouti 4–0 4–0 2022 World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by RPL". Russian Premier League. 17 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Не выдержал конкуренции: ивуарийский нападающий Мохамед Конате покидает Урал". nakanune.ru (in Russian). Nakanune. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Spartaks Jurmala-Babīte". Soccerway. 22 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Официально: Мохамед Конате и Седрик Гогуа игроки Кайрат А". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Игрок Кайрат А находится на просмотре в белорусском клубе". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿԸ ՀԻՆԳ ՆՈՐԵԿ ՈՒՆԻ". fcpyunik.am (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "6 ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացան Փյունիկից". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "МОХАМЕД КОНАТЕ - НОВЫЙ НАПАДАЮЩИЙ "ХИМОК"" [Mohamed Konate is the new forward of Khimki] (in Russian). FC Khimki. 2 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Мохамед Конате перешел в Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Burkina Faso vs RD Congo - Amicaux internationaux - 09 Octobre 2020". fr.besoccer.com.
  11. ↑ "Африканский футболист клуба РПЛ получил российский паспорт". РБК (in Russian). 27 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Mohamed Konaté at Soccerway
  13. ↑ Mohamed Konaté at National-Football-Teams.com
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