Pa Konate

Pa Momodou Konate (born 25 April 1994) is a Swedish-born Guinean footballer who plays as a left back and currently is unattached. He last played for GIF Sundsvall.

Pa Konate
Konate with FC Cincinnati in 2018
Personal information
Full name Pa Momodou Konate
Date of birth (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 GIF Sundsvall
Number 2
Youth career
Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Malmö FF 56 (0)
2014 → Östers IF (loan) 15 (0)
2017–2019 SPAL 0 (0)
2018 → FC Cincinnati (loan) 5 (0)
2019 GIF Sundsvall 22 (1)
National team‡
2013–2017 Sweden U21/O 18 (0)
2016–2017 Sweden 3 (0)
2019– Guinea 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2019

Career

Club career

Malmö FF

On 23 November 2012, Konate signed a first team contract on a youth basis with Malmö FF.[2] Konate made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against AIK at Friends Arena on 17 April 2013. He was substituted on in the 85th minute.[3] Konate played a total of six matches during his debut season for the club, most of these matches was as an oncoming substitute, coming on for Ricardinho. After returning to the club halfway through the 2014 season Konate made 11 appearances as he competed for a spot in the starting line-up against regular Ricardinho. Konate's breakthrough came when he was selected to start in the deciding qualifying game against Red Bull Salzburg on 27 August 2014 in which Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[4]

Östers IF
Konate playing for Östers IF in 2014

Konate went on loan to newly relegated Superettan side Östers IF for the duration of the 2014 season with an option to return to Malmö FF in the summer of 2014. At the same time he renewed his contract with Malmö FF for an additional four years.[5] Konate made 15 league appearances for Öster before being recalled to Malmö FF in the summer of 2014 to cover up for Miiko Albornoz and Mahmut Özen, two defenders that had left the club during the summer transfer window.[6]

SPAL

Konate signed for SPAL in the summer of 2017.[7]

FC Cincinnati

Konate signed for FC Cincinnati on loan for the 2018 USL season.[8]

GIF Sundsvall

On 27 February 2019, Konate signed for GIF Sundsvall.[9]

International

Konate was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and Gambian mother. He originally represented Sweden as a youth and senior international.[10] Konate switched to represent the Guinea national football team, and made his debut in a friendly 3-2 loss to Chile on 13 October 2019.[11]

Career statistics
Konate playing for Malmö FF in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.
As of 2 October 2019.[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2013 60100070
Östers IF 2014 15030—180
Total 1503000180
Malmö FF 2014 1101040160
2015 1001030140
2016 22020—240
2017 70002090
Total 5605090700
SPAL 2017–18 0020—20
Total 00200020
Career total 71010090900

Honours

Club
Malmö FF

International

Sweden U21

References
  1. "Pa Konate". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Tre nya lärlingar in i A-truppen". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. "Matchinformation: AIK – Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. "Two-goal Rosenberg fires Malmö into group stage". uefa.com. UEFA. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. "Pa Konate lånas ut till Öster" (in Swedish). mff.se. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  6. "Pa Konate tillbaks till Malmö". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "FC Cincinnati announces loan deal for Swedish international Pa Konate from Serie A club SPAL". Cincinnati.com.
  9. "Pa Konate klar för GIF Sundsvall" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. 27 February 2019.
  10. "Pa Konate: När man väl fått spela är man inte lika nöjd med att sitta på bänken". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  11. "Chile vs. Guinea - 15 October 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  12. "Pa Konate". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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