Hillel Konaté

Hillel Konaté

Konaté in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Hillel-Yored Amilcar Tony Konaté[1]
Date of birth	(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Poitiers, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Châteauroux
Number	40
Youth career
2007–2009	Châteauroux
2009–2015	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Sochaux B	35	(0)
2016–2018	Boulogne B	22	(0)
2017–2018	Boulogne	10	(0)
2018–2023	Valenciennes	13	(0)
2019–2023	Valenciennes B	7	(0)
2023–	Châteauroux	23	(0)
International career^‡
2011	Ivory Coast U17	4	(0)
2022–	Burkina Faso	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Hillel-Yored Amilcar Tony Konaté (born 28 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the French club Châteauroux in the Championnat National. Born in France, and a former youth international for the Ivory Coast, Konaté plays for the Burkina Faso national team.

Professional career

Konaté began playing football in the youth academy of Châteauroux, and moved to the academy Sochaux II in 2009.

On 12 June 2018, Konaté transferred from US Boulogne to Valenciennes FC in the Ligue 2.^[2] He made his professional debut with Valenciennes in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to FC Lorient on 14 August 2018.^[3]

On 24 July 2023, Châteauroux announced that they had made a contract with Konaté.^[4]

International career

Konaté was born in France and is Ivorian and Burkinabé by descent. He represented the Ivory Coast U17s at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, starting in all 4 of their matches in the tournament.^[5][6][7][8]

He was called up to the senior Ivory Coast national football team in 2015, but did not make an appearance.^[9] In 2022, he was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies.^[10] He debuted with Burkina Faso in a 2–1 friendly win over Comoros on 27 September 2022.^[11]

References

1. "Les listes provisoires des équipes qualifiées pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations CAF TotalEnergies, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF (in French). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. "Et de 2 pour Konaté ! - VA-FC.com".
3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Coupe de la Ligue - Saison 2018/2019 - 1er tour - Valenciennes FC / FC Lorient". www.lfp.fr.
4. "Hillel Konaté" (in French). berrichonne.net. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – France-Côte d'Ivoire – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011.
6. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Australia-Côte d'Ivoire – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
7. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire-Denmark – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011.
8. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire-Brazil – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
9. FCSM, Fabien. "Hillel Konaté appelé avec la Côte d'Ivoire". --.
10. Lakoun, Marcel Ouattara (14 September 2022). "Football : Konaté Hillel a opté pour les Etalons du Burkina Faso".
11. Houssamdine, Boina (28 September 2022). "Les Comores dans le doute après la défaite face au Burkina Faso".

External links

• Hillel Konaté at Soccerway
• LFP Profile