Yored Hillel Konaté (born 28 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the French club Valenciennes FC in the Ligue 2. Born in France, he is a youth international for the Ivory Coast.
![]() Konaté in November 2018. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yored Hillel Konaté | ||
Date of birth | (1994-12-28) December 28, 1994 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Poitiers, France | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Valenciennes | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Châteauroux | ||
2009–2015 | Sochaux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Sochaux B | 35 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Boulogne B | 22 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Boulogne | 10 | (0) |
2018– | Valenciennes | 11 | (0) |
2019– | Valenciennes B | 5 | (0) |
National team | |||
2011 | Ivory Coast U17 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 9 January 2022 (UTC) |
Konaté began playing football in the youth academy of Châteauroux, and moved to the academy Sochaux II in 2009.
On 12 June 2018, Konaté transferred from US Boulogne to Valenciennes FC in the Ligue 2.[1] He made his professional debut with Valenciennes in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to FC Lorient on 14 August 2018.[2]
Konaté was born in France and is of Ivorian and Burkinabé descent. He represented the Ivory Coast U17s at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, starting in all 4 of their matches in the tournament.[3][4][5][6]
He was called up to the senior Ivory Coast national football team in 2015, but did not make an appearance.[7] In 2022, he was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies.[8]
Valenciennes FC – current squad | |
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