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Abdoul Karim Danté
Personal information
Date of birth	29 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Swift Hesperange
Number	2
Youth career
2014–2016	Jeanne d'Arc
2016–2018	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Anderlecht
2019–2020	Virton
2020–2022	RWDM
2022–	Swift Hesperange
International career‡
2015	Mali U17
2017	Mali U20
2016–	Mali
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 April 2018

Abdoul Karim Danté (born 29 October 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange.

Professional career

On 29 October 2016, Danté signed with Anderlecht and joined their academy after impressing with the Malian club Jeanne d'Arc FC.^[1] He made his Belgian First Division A debut for R.S.C. Anderlecht on 6 April 2018 in a 2–1 win against R. Charleroi S.C. coming on as a substitute on the 89th minute.^[2]

On 6 August 2019, Danté joined R.E. Virton on a contract until June 2022.^[3]

In September 2020, Danté signed with RWDM.^[4]

International career

Danté captained the Mali national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, and helped lead them to victory as they won the tournament.^[5] Danté also captained the Mali national U-17 football team at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup (October–November 2015, in Chile). He helped Mali achieve the vice-champion result out of 24 national teams.

He made his senior debut with the Mali national football team in a 2-2 2016 African Nations Championship with Uganda on 19 January 2016.^[6] Danté played the Mali-Japan senior match (1-1, in Liège Belgique, on 26 March 2018), wearing the number 2.