Pa Konate

Pa Konate
Personal information
Full name Pa Momodou Konate
Date of birth (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Malmö FF
Number 2
Youth career
Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Malmö FF 29 (0)
2014 Östers IF (loan) 15 (0)
National team
2013– Sweden U21 7 (0)
2016– Sweden 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2016

Pa Konate (born 25 April 1994) is a Swedish footballer. He is currently playing for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan. He is born in Malmö but his mother is from Gambia and his father from Guinea.

Career

Club career

Malmö FF

On 23 November 2012 Konate signed a first team contract on a youth basis with Malmö FF.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Östers IF

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.[4] 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.[5]

Career statistics

As of 8 December 2015.[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2013 60100070
Total 60100070
Östers IF 2014 15030180
Total 1503000180
Malmö FF 2014 1101040160
2015 1001030140
Total 2102070300
Career total 4206070550

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

International

Sweden U21

Personal life

Konate's father was born in Guinea and his mother in The Gambia.[7]

References

  1. "Tre nya lärlingar in i A-truppen". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "Matchinformation: AIK - Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. "Two-goal Rosenberg fires Malmö into group stage". uefa.com. UEFA. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Pa Konate lånas ut till Öster" (in Swedish). mff.se. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. "Pa Konate tillbaks till Malmö". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. "Pa Konate". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  7. "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.

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