Antoine Conte

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Antoine Conte
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Conte with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Botev Plovdiv
Number 19
Youth career
2002–2006 AS Val de Fontenay
2006–2007 CO Vincennois
2007–2013 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 30 (0)
2025–2026 Iğdır FK 27 (1)
2026– Botev Plovdiv 2 (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 Flag of France.svg  France
Men's football
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2013 Lithuania
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv. [1] Born in France, he represents the Guinea national team.

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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

Conte with Guinea in 2023 Antoineconte.jpg
Conte with Guinea in 2023

Born in France, Conte is Guinean by descent. [6] 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. [7]

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. [8]

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. [9] In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison. [10] In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 Ligue 1 100000000010
Reims (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1900010——100
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 12902000——310
2015–16 Ligue 11100000——110
2016–17 Ligue 2 901010——110
Total4903010——530
Reims II 2016–17 Championnat National 10————10
Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 14030———170
Beitar Jerusalem 2017–18 Israeli Premier League29030—4 [a] 0—360
2018–19 Israeli Premier League6000———60
2019–20 Israeli Premier League23210———242
2020–21 Israeli Premier League11000———110
Total69240—40—772
Universitatea Craiova 2021–22 Liga I 10010—1 [b] 01 [c] 0130
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2022–23 Israeli Premier League16010———170
Botev Plovdiv 2023–24 Bulgarian First League 12030———150
Career total18121502050102042
  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 [12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 202250
202360
202450
Total160

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

Beitar Jerusalem

Universitatea Craiova

Botev Plovdiv

France U19

France U21

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Представителен отбор". ПФК Ботев Пловдив - Официален сайт (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  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 (15 June 2017). "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. ↑ 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. ↑ "Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Guinea - final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ Antoine Conte at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ↑ "Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0!". Sports Rabbi. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 August 2017.[ dead link ]
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