Antoine Conte

Not to be confused with Antonio Conte.

Antoine Conte

Conte with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Iğdır FK
Number	29
Youth career
2002–2006	AS Val de Fontenay
2006–2007	CO Vincennois
2007–2013	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Paris Saint-Germain	1	(0)
2013–2014	→ Reims (loan)	9	(0)
2014–2017	Reims	49	(0)
2017	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	14	(0)
2017–2021	Beitar Jerusalem	69	(2)
2021–2022	Universitatea Craiova	10	(0)
2022–2023	Hapoel Tel Aviv	16	(0)
2023–2025	Botev Plovdiv	42	(0)
2025-	Iğdır FK	0	(0)
International career^‡
2011	France U17	3	(0)
2011	France U18	2	(0)
2013	France U19	10	(2)
2013–2014	France U20	6	(0)
2014–2016	France U21	6	(0)
2022–	Guinea	16	(0)
Medal record Representing  France Men's football UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2013 Lithuania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 23 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Antoine Conte (born 29 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Turkish club Iğdır FK. Born in France, he represents the Guinea national team.

Club career

Conte made his debut in the Ligue 1 on 1 February 2013 against Toulouse replacing Mamadou Sakho after 76 minutes.[1]

On 31 January 2017, Conte joined Beitar Jerusalem on loan until the end of the season with an option given to Beitar Jerusalem to sign him permanently.[2]

On 15 June 2017, signed permanently with Beitar agreeing to a three-year contract.[3]

In February 2021, after being sentenced to a one-year prison sentence by the court in France, Beitar released Conte.[4]

International career

Conte with Guinea in 2023

Born in France, Conte is Guinean by descent.[5] He has represented France at numerous youth levels all the way up to under-21 level. He debuted with the Guinea national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with South Africa on 25 March 2022.[6]

On 23 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Guinean players selected by Kaba Diawara to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Personal life

On 8 December 2016, Conte was held by French Police for assaulting his girlfriend and attacking a 19-year-old man, who tried to help, with a baseball bat, inflicting leg, arm and head injuries, including a brain haemorrhage.[8] In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison.[9] In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 March 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris Saint-Germain	2012–13	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Reims (loan)	2013–14	Ligue 1	9	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
Reims	2014–15	Ligue 1	29	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
	2015–16	Ligue 1	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	2016–17	Ligue 2	9	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		49	0	3	0	1	0	—		—		53	0
Reims II	2016–17	Championnat National	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	2016–17	Israeli Premier League	14	0	3	0	—		—		—		17	0
Beitar Jerusalem	2017–18	Israeli Premier League	29	0	3	0	—		4[a]	0	—		36	0
	2018–19	Israeli Premier League	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2019–20	Israeli Premier League	23	2	1	0	—		—		—		24	2
	2020–21	Israeli Premier League	11	0	0	0	—		—		—		11	0
	Total		69	2	4	0	—		4	0	—		77	2
Universitatea Craiova	2021–22	Liga I	10	0	1	0	—		1[b]	0	1[c]	0	13	0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2022–23	Israeli Premier League	16	0	1	0	—		—		—		17	0
Botev Plovdiv	2023–24	Bulgarian First League	12	0	3	0	—		—		—		15	0
Career total			181	2	15	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	204	2

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearance in Supercupa României

International

As of matches played on 2 February 2024[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea	2022	5	0
	2023	6	0
	2024	5	0
Total		16	0

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1: 2012–13

Beitar Jerusalem

• Toto Cup: 2019–20[12]

Universitatea Craiova

• Supercupa României: 2021

Botev Plovdiv

• Bulgarian Cup: 2023–24

France U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2013

France U21

• Toulon Tournament runner-up: 2014

Individual

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[13]

References

1. "FOOT : Conte, la belle histoire". Le Parisien. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
2. "Antoine Conte (Reims) au Beitar Jerusalem" [Antoine Conte (Reims) to Beitar Jerusalem]. L'Équipe (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
3. Lipkin, Gidi. "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" (in Hebrew). One.
4. Artzi, Shai (25 February 2021). "רשמית: בית"ר ירושלים שחררה את אנטואן קונטה" [Official: Beitar Jerusalem released Antoine Conte]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
5. Politi, Caroline (10 December 2016). "Antoine Conte, espoir du football, mis en examen après une violente agression". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2017.
6. "Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
7. "Guinea - final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
8. "French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
9. "Le footballeur Antoine Conte condamné à trois ans de prison dont un ferme pour violences aggravées". L'Équipe (in French). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
10. "Agression à la batte de base-ball : l'ex-joueur du Stade de Reims Antoine Conte rejugé en appel". L'Union (in French). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
11. Antoine Conte at National-Football-Teams.com
12. "Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0!". Sports Rabbi. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
13. "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA.com. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 August 2017.^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• Antoine Conte at Soccerway
• Antoine Conte at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Antoine Conte at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)