Antoine_Conte
Antoine Conte
Footballer (born 1994)
Antoine Conte (born 29 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv.[1] Born in France, he represents the Guinea national team.
.jpg) Conte with France U19 in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | AS Val de Fontenay | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | CO Vincennois | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2013 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Reims (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Reims | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Beitar Jerusalem | 69 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Botev Plovdiv | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | France U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | France U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U19 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | France U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | France U21 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Guinea | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 2 February 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Conte made his debut in the Ligue 1 on 1 February 2013 against Toulouse replacing Mamadou Sakho after 76 minutes.[2]
On 31 January 2017, Conte joined Beitar Jerusalem on loan until the end of the season with an option given to Beitar Jerusalem to sign him permanently.[3]
On 15 June 2017, signed permanently with Beitar agreeing to a three-year contract.[4]
In February 2021, after being sentenced to a one-year prison sentence by the court in France, Beitar released Conte.[5]
Born in France, Conte is Guinean by descent.[6] He has represented France at numerous youth levels all the way up to under-21 level. He debuted with the Guinea national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with South Africa on 25 March 2022.[7] Conte was included in the country's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]
On 8 December 2016, Conte was held by French Police for assaulting his girlfriend and attacking a 19-year-old man, who tried to help, with a baseball bat, inflicting leg, arm and head injuries, including a brain haemorrhage.[9] In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison.[10] In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence.[11]
Club
- As of match played 2 March 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reims (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Reims | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 0 | ||||
| Reims II | 2016–17 | Championnat National | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Israeli Premier League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Israeli Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 69 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 77 | 2 | ||||
| Universitatea Craiova | 2021–22 | Liga I | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2022–23 | Israeli Premier League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 181 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 204 | 2 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearance in Supercupa României
International
- As of matches played on 2 February 2024[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
Paris Saint-Germain
Beitar Jerusalem
Universitatea Craiova
Botev Plovdiv
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2013
France U21
- Toulon Tournament runner-up: 2014
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[14]
- "FOOT : Conte, la belle histoire". Le Parisien. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- "Antoine Conte (Reims) au Beitar Jerusalem" [Antoine Conte (Reims) to Beitar Jerusalem]. L'Équipe (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- Lipkin, Gidi. "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" (in Hebrew). One.
- Artzi, Shai (25 February 2021). "רשמית: בית"ר ירושלים שחררה את אנטואן קונטה" [Official: Beitar Jerusalem released Antoine Conte]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- Politi, Caroline (10 December 2016). "Antoine Conte, espoir du football, mis en examen après une violente agression". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- "Guinea - final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- "French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Le footballeur Antoine Conte condamné à trois ans de prison dont un ferme pour violences aggravées". L'Équipe (in French). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- "Agression à la batte de base-ball : l'ex-joueur du Stade de Reims Antoine Conte rejugé en appel". L'Union (in French). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- Antoine Conte at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0!". Sports Rabbi. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA.com. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
- Antoine Conte at Soccerway
- Antoine Conte at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Antoine Conte at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
  | This biographical article related to Guinean football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article related to association football in France, about a defender born in the 1990s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |