Karim Konaté

Karim Konaté
Personnel
Surname	Lassina Abdoul Karim Konaté
birthday	May 20, 1987
place of birth	Niamey ,  Niger
size	184 cm
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
1998-2003	Sahel SC
2003-2005	Cotonsport Garoua
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2007	Sahel SC
2007-2009	Cotonsport Garoua
2009-2010	al-Ittihad Tripoli
2010	US Monastir
2010-2013	Cotonsport Garoua
2013	Sofia locomotive
2013-2014	FC Metz	3 0(0)
2013-2014	FC Metz B	17 0(0)
2014-2015	SAS Épinal	28 0(1)
2015–	ES Thaon
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2006–	Niger	49 (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 24, 2016 2 As of June 24, 2016

Lassina Abdoul Karim Konaté (also Lancina Karim Konaté and Karim Lancina ; born May 20, 1987 in Niamey ) is a Nigerien football player .

Career

Club stations

Konaté began his career in 2005 at the Nigerien club Sahel SC . He stayed there for two years, before moving to the Cameroonian club Cotonsport Garoua . There he only played one season before moving to the Libyan club al-Ittihad Tripoli in 2009. In 2010 he moved to the Tunisian club US Monastir. In the same year he moved back to Cotonsport Garoua, where he played for the club for three years. In March 2013 he left Cameroon to play for Lokomotiv Sofia. In August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with FC Metz , where he only made three professional league appearances. In the summer of 2014 he moved to the French third division club SAS Épinal free of charge .

National team

Konaté made his debut for the Nigerien national team in 2006 and has since played at least 45 games for his country. He was also part of the squad for the 2012 African Cup of Nations and the 2012 African Cup of Nations. He was also used in qualifying for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Web links

• Karim Konaté in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Karim Konaté in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Karim Kanoté in the L'Equipe database (French)