Abdu Cadri Conté (born 24 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a left-back for Ligue 1 club Troyes.
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Full name | Abdu Cadri Conté[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-03-24) 24 March 1998 (age 24)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Troyes | |||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Damaiense | |||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sporting CP B | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Moreirense | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Troyes | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U17 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:04, 14 October 2022 (UTC) |
He represented Sporting CP B, Moreirense and Troyes in his career, making his Primeira Liga debut with the second of those clubs.
Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.
Born in Bissau, Conté joined the youth academy of Sporting CP at the age of 13, from Sport Futebol Damaiense.[2] He made his senior debut with the former's reserves on 7 January 2017 while still a junior, playing the second half of the 1–2 home loss against Braga B in the LigaPro.[3]
Conté finished the 2017–18 season with 24 matches – 17 starts – as his team suffered relegation as third from the bottom. He also appeared for the under-23 side before his departure.[4]
On 22 July 2019, Conté signed with Primeira Liga club Moreirense on a four-year contract.[5] He made his debut in the competition on 23 August, playing the entire 0–0 away draw against Vitória de Setúbal.[6]
Conté totalled 67 appearances during his spell at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, providing seven assists.[7]
On 12 January 2022, Conté joined French club Troyes on a four-and-a-half year deal.[8] He scored his first goal as a senior on 9 October, but in a 3–2 loss at Nice.[9]
Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.[10][11] He was called by under-21 manager Rui Jorge for the second stage of the 2021 UEFA European Championship in May after Thierry Correia tested positive for COVID-19,[12] earning his first cap on 3 June by featuring 90 minutes in a 1–0 semi-final victory over Spain.[13]
Individual
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