Ben Konaté

Ben Konaté
Personal information
Full name	Ben Mamadou Konaté
Date of birth	3 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Adjamé, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Olimpic Tashkent
Number	15
Youth career
	Académie de Sol Beni
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Lazer
2001	Réveil Daloa
2002	Stade d'Abidjan
2002–2004	→ ASEC Mimosas (loan)
2004–2007	Africa Sports
2007	Faso-Yennenga
2008	Renacimiento
2009–2010	Atlético Semu
2011–2012	The Panthers
2013	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2014–2015	East Riffa
2015–2016	Dhofar Club
2016–2017	Dumlupınar
2018–2019	FC Zaamin
2020–	Olimpic
International career‡
2010–2014	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 23:06 (UTC)

Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Born in the Ivory Coast, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football.^[2]

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.^[3]

From 2016 to 2017, Konaté played for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig.^[4]

International career

He played in several youth teams of the Ivory Coast national football team.^[1] He switched in 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his debut in the 2010 season.^[5] 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.^[6]