Amara Konate (Guinean footballer)

Amara Konate

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Nzérékoré, Guinea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nocerina
Youth career
2017–2018	Perugia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Perugia	10	(0)
2018–2019	→ Rieti (loan)	16	(0)
2021–2023	Messina	53	(1)
2023–2025	Cavese	51	(1)
2025–	Nocerina	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2025

Amara Konate (born 1 February 1999) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie D club Nocerina.

Personal life

Born in Nzérékoré, Guinea, Konate left his native country in 2017 to move to Europe, crossing the Mediterranean Sea via Libya and then finally settling down to Italy. ^[1] After landing to Catania, he was moved to an immigration center in Cassino, where he started playing football with a local team, despite not having ever seriously played the game before. ^[1]

Career

Perugia

While in Cassino, he was noticed by a football agent, who proposed him to Perugia; on his trial, he convinced the club managers to sign him, joining the club's Under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Loan to Rieti

On 1 October 2018, Serie C club Rieti officially announced that Konate joined them on a season-long loan. ^[3] He made his Serie C debut for Rieti earlier, on 29 September 2018 in a game against Cavese as a 90th-minute substitute for Boubakary Diarra. ^[4]

Messina

On 30 July 2021 he joined Messina. ^[5]

References

1. "Dalla guerra al pallone, la favola di Konate. "Così il Perugia mi ha cambiato la vita"" (in Italian). PerugiaToday. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
2. "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. "UNA SQUADRA INTERNAZIONALE, ARRIVA ANCHE KONATE: PRESTITO ANNUALE DAL PERUGIA" (in Italian). Rieti. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020.
4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 September 2018.
5. "KONATE ALL'ACR MESSINA" (in Italian). Perugia. 30 July 2021.

External links

• Amara Konate at Soccerway