Pa Konate

Pa Momodou Konate (born 25 April 1994) is a Swedish-born Guinean footballer who plays as a left back for Jönköping Södra and the Guinea national team.

Pa Konate

Konate with FC Cincinnati in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Pa Momodou Konate
Date of birth	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Jönköping Södra IF
Youth career
	Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Malmö FF	56	(0)
2014	→ Östers IF (loan)	15	(0)
2017–2019	SPAL	0	(0)
2018	→ FC Cincinnati (loan)	5	(0)
2019	GIF Sundsvall	25	(1)
2020–	Jönköpings Södra IF	1	(0)
National team^‡
2013–2017	Sweden U21/O	18	(0)
2016–2017	Sweden	3	(0)
2019–	Guinea	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2019

Konate previously represented the Sweden national team for which he won 3 caps and was a part of the Sweden U21 team that won the 2015 UEFA European U21 Championship. On a club level he has won 4 Allsvenskan titles with Malmö FF and played professionally in Italy and the United States.

Club career

Malmö FF

On 23 November 2012, Konate signed a first team contract on a youth basis with Malmö FF.[2] Konate made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against AIK at Friends Arena on 17 April 2013. He was substituted on in the 85th minute.[3] Konate played a total of six matches during his debut season for the club, most of these matches was as an oncoming substitute, coming on for Ricardinho. After returning to the club halfway through the 2014 season Konate made 11 appearances as he competed for a spot in the starting line-up against regular Ricardinho. Konate's breakthrough came when he was selected to start in the deciding qualifying game against Red Bull Salzburg on 27 August 2014 in which Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[4]

Östers IF

Konate playing for Östers IF in 2014

Konate went on loan to newly relegated Superettan side Östers IF for the duration of the 2014 season with an option to return to Malmö FF in the summer of 2014. At the same time he renewed his contract with Malmö FF for an additional four years.[5] Konate made 15 league appearances for Öster before being recalled to Malmö FF in the summer of 2014 to cover up for Miiko Albornoz and Mahmut Özen, two defenders that had left the club during the summer transfer window.[6]

S.P.A.L.

Konate signed for S.P.A.L. in the summer of 2017.[7]

Loan to FC Cincinnati

Konate signed for FC Cincinnati on loan for the 2018 USL season.[8]

GIF Sundsvall

On 27 February 2019, Konate signed for GIF Sundsvall.[9]

Jönköpings Södra

On 15 July 2020, Konate signed for the Superettan side Jönköping Södra.[10]

International

Konate was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and Gambian mother. He originally represented Sweden as a youth and senior international.[11] Konate switched to represent the Guinea national football team, and made his debut in a friendly 3–2 loss to Chile on 13 October 2019.[12]

Career statistics

Konate playing for Malmö FF in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

As of 2 October 2019.[13]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Malmö FF	2013	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
Östers IF	2014	15	0	3	0	—		18	0
	Total	15	0	3	0	0	0	18	0
Malmö FF	2014	11	0	1	0	4	0	16	0
	2015	10	0	1	0	3	0	14	0
	2016	22	0	2	0	—		24	0
	2017	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
	Total	56	0	5	0	9	0	70	0
SPAL	2017–18	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total		71	0	10	0	9	0	90	0

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Svenska Supercupen: 2014

International

Sweden U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2015

References

1. "Pa Konate". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
2. "Tre nya lärlingar in i A-truppen". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. "Matchinformation: AIK – Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
4. "Two-goal Rosenberg fires Malmö into group stage". uefa.com. UEFA. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
5. "Pa Konate lånas ut till Öster" (in Swedish). mff.se. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
6. "Pa Konate tillbaks till Malmö". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. "FC Cincinnati announces loan deal for Swedish international Pa Konate from Serie A club SPAL". Cincinnati.com.
9. "Pa Konate klar för GIF Sundsvall" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. 27 February 2019.
10. "Officiellt: Pa Konate klar för superettan-klubb". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-15.
11. "Pa Konate: När man väl fått spela är man inte lika nöjd med att sitta på bänken". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
12. "Chile vs. Guinea - 15 October 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
13. "Pa Konate". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

External links

• Malmö FF profile (in Swedish)
• Pa Konate at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Pa Konate at Soccerway