Abdu Conté
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Abdu Cadri Conté[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 March 1998|||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Troyes | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Damaiense | |||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sporting CP B | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Moreirense | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Troyes | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U17 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:52, 14 January 2022 (UTC) |
Abdu Cadri Conté (born 24 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a left back for Ligue 1 club Troyes.
He represented Sporting CP B, Moreirense and Troyes in his career, making his Primeira Liga debut with the second of those clubs.
Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.
Club career[]
Sporting CP[]
Born in Bissau, Conté joined the youth academy of Sporting CP at the age of 13, from Sport Futebol Damaiense.[2] He made his senior debut with the former's reserves on 7 January 2017 while still a junior, playing the second half of the 1–2 home loss against Braga B for the LigaPro.[3]
Conté finished the 2017–18 season with 24 matches – 17 starts – as his team suffered relegation as third from the bottom. He also appeared for the under-23 side before his departure.[4]
Moreirense[]
On 22 July 2019, Conté signed with Primeira Liga club Moreirense on a four-year contract.[5] He made his debut in the competition on 23 August, playing the entire 0–0 away draw against Vitória de Setúbal.[6]
Conté totalled 67 appearances during his spell at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, providing seven assists.[7]
Troyes[]
On 12 January 2022, Conté joined French club Troyes on a four-and-a-half year deal.[8]
International career[]
Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.[9][10] He was called by under-21 manager Rui Jorge for the second stage of the 2021 UEFA European Championship in May after Thierry Correia tested positive for COVID-19,[11] earning his first cap on 3 June by featuring 90 minutes in a 1–0 semi-final victory over Spain.[12]
Honours[]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[13]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Abdu Conté at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Camará, Sene (22 November 2015). "Futebol de formação: Abdu Conté o polivalente guineense dos leões de Portugal" [Youth football: Abdu Conté the Portuguese lions' versatile Guinean]. O Democrata (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sporting B-Sp. Braga B, 1–2: Arsenalistas vencem em jogo polémico" [Sporting B-Sp. Braga B, 1–2: Arsenalistas win controversial match]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Freitas, Bruno (16 July 2019). "Abdu Conté pode ser reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté may be Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Abdu Conté é reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté is Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Moreirense empata (0–0) em Setúbal" [Moreirense draw (0–0) in Setúbal]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Abdu Conté já se despediu do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté has already said goodbye to Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Abdu Conté rejoint l'ESTAC" [Abdu Conté joins ESTAC!] (in French). ES Troyes. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Portugal derrotado na final do Campeonato da Europa de sub-19" [Portugal defeated in under-19 European Championship final]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Easah Suliman delivered a captain's performance as England U20s down Portugal". The Football Association. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Mudanças na Seleção de sub-21: Abdu Conté e Filipe Soares chamados" [Changes in under-21 national team: Abdu Conté and Filipe Soares called]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Europeu sub-21: Espanha-Portugal, 0–1 (crónica)" [Under-21 Euro: Spain-Portugal, 0–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Technical report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links[]
- Abdu Conté at ForaDeJogo
- Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Abdu Conté at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Sportspeople from Bissau
- Bissau-Guinean footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Sporting CP B players
- Moreirense F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- ES Troyes AC players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in France