Antoine Conte

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Antoine Conte
U-19 EC-Qualifikation Austria vs. France 2013-06-10 (106).jpg
Antoine Conte at the Euro U19 qualification match against Austria.
Personal information
Full name Antoine Conte
Date of birth (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
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– Universitatea Craiova 1 (0)
National team‡
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)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Antoine Conte (born 29 January 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for CS Universitatea Craiova.[1]

Club career[]

Conte made his debut in the Ligue 1 on 1 February 2013 against Toulouse replacing Mamadou Sakho after 76 minutes.[2]

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.[3]

On 15 June 2017, signed permanently with Beitar agreeing to a three-year contract.[4]

In February 2021, after being sentenced to a one-year prison sentence by the court in France, Beitar released Conte.[5]

International career[]

Being of Guinean descent, Conte has represented France at numerous youth levels all the way up to under-21 level. He has not been capped by France at senior level and is also eligible to represent Guinea.[6]

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.[6][7] In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison.[8] In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence.[9]

Honours[]

Club[]

Paris Saint-Germain

Beitar Jerusalem

Universitatea Craiova

International[]

France U19

Individual[]

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "OFICIAL | Bun venit, Antoine Conte!".
  2. ^ "FOOT : Conte, la belle histoire". Le Parisien. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Antoine Conte (Reims) au Beitar Jerusalem" [Antoine Conte (Reims) to Beitar Jerusalem]. L'Équipe (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ Lipkin, Gidi. "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" (in Hebrew). One.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  7. ^ "French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0!". Sports Rabbi. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA.com. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 August 2017.[permanent dead link]

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