Full name Ben Mamadou Konate 2001 Lazer Weight 74 kg Years Team Height 1.73 m | Role Footballer Name Ben Konate Date joined 2010 | |
Date of birth (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 27) Current teams Equatorial Guinea national football team (Midfielder), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Midfielder) | ||
Playing position Place of birth Abidjan, Cote d\'Ivoire | ||
Ben konat season 2014 2015
Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), is an Ivorian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a Defensive midfielder for Bahraini Premier League side East Riffa and the Equatorial Guinea national football team.
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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. 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.
In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.
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.
International career
He played in several youthteams of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. He switched than 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his debut in the 2010 season. 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.