Ibrahima Konaté

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Ibrahima Konaté
Ibrahima Konaté in training (2018) .png
Konaté in training (2018)
Personnel
birthday May 25, 1999
place of birth Paris ,  France
size 194 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
2009-2014 Paris FC
2014-2016 FC Sochaux
2017 RB Leipzig
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2016-2017 FC Sochaux 12 (1)
2017– RB Leipzig 49 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2014-2015 France U16 12 (1)
2015-2017 France U17 5 (0)
2017-2018 France U19 1 (0)
2018 France U20 1 (0)
2019– France U21 9 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 20, 2020

2 As of September 9, 2019

Ibrahima Konaté (born May 25, 1999 in Paris ) is a French football player . The central defender has been under contract with German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig since July 2017 .

Career

society

Konaté began playing football in his youth at Paris FC and moved from there to the youth department of the second division club FC Sochaux in 2014 . Here he received his first professional contract two years later in 2016 and played twelve second division games in the 2016/17 season in which he scored a goal. He was also in the quarter-finals of the French Cup against AS Monaco , which the team only lost on penalties.

In summer 2017 he moved to Germany and signed a five-year contract with Bundesliga club RB Leipzig . Konaté played his first Bundesliga game on October 1, 2017 against 1. FC Köln . He scored his first competitive goal for Leipzig in the third qualifying round for the 2018/19 Europa League against CS Universitatea Craiova .

National team

On November 20, 2014, Konaté made his debut for the French U-16 national team under coach Laurent Guyot . In twelve games he scored one goal for the U16s. On October 20, 2015, he made his debut for the U-17 national team in the U-17 European Championship qualifier against Northern Ireland. Konaté is currently running for the French U20s under coach Bernard Diomède .

Others

Konaté is considered a type of player who would be described as a street footballer . According to his former coach Ralph Hasenhüttl, his game is mainly shaped by his physique.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b RB Leipzig brings defensive talent Ibrahima Konaté - after Dayot Upamecano another youngster from France. In: kicker.de . June 12, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
  2. ^ New entry Ibrahima Konate. In: dierotenbullen.com. June 12, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 1. FC Köln - RB Leipzig 1: 2 , transfermarkt.de, accessed on November 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ RB Leipzig - CS U Craiova 3: 1 , transfermarkt.de, accessed on November 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ From Pariser Straßen to RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga , sportbuzzer.de, accessed on November 19, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Konaté, Ibrahima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France