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Kinidinnin Stéphane Konaté Sornan (born 23 August 1980) is an Ivorian basketball player for the ABC Fighters and Ivory Coast.[1][2] He is nicknamed "El Jefe".[3]

Stéphane Konaté

ABC Fighters
Position	Point guard
League	Ivorian Basketball Championship
Personal information
Born	(1980-08-23) 23 August 1980 (age 42) Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Nationality	Ivory Coast
Listed height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2002 / Undrafted
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002–2005	Africa Sports
2005–2008	ABC
2008–2010	ASE Essaouira
2010–2011	ABC
2011–2012	Palencia
2013–2014	Gezira
2014–present	ABC / ABC Fighters
2021	AS Police
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Africa Cup champion (2005) FIBA Africa Cup MVP (2005) FIBA Africa Cup Scoring Champion (2014) All-FIBA Africa Cup First Team (2005) All-FIBA Africa Cup Second Team (2014) Egyptian League champion (2014) 16× Ivorian League champion
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Ivory Coast FIBA AfroBasket 2009 Libya 2021 Kigali

Professional career

Konaté started his career with Africa Sports in 2002, where he played three seasons. In 2005, he signed with Abidjan Basket Club, abbreviated as ABC.

Konaté won the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup with ABC. He was also named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

In 2008, Konaté signed in Morocco with ASE Essaouira of the Division Excellence.

In the 2011–12 season, Konaté signed with Spanish side Palencia in the LEB Gold.[4] He averaged 2.6 points in five games, playing 10.4 minutes per game.[5]

In the 2013–14 season, Konaté played with Egyptian side Gezira of the Egyptian Basketball Super League.

In 2014, he returned to ABC, later re-named ABC Fighters.

In October 2021, Konaté was on the roster of Malian club AS Police.[6][7] He had previously received offers from AS Police, but administrative issues prevented making the move.[8]

National team career

Konaté competed as a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team for the first time at the FIBA Africa Championship 2003.[9] He has since gone on to compete for the team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2005, FIBA Africa Championship 2007, and FIBA Africa Championship 2009.[10] In his most recent tournament, he averaged 8.7 points per game for the Côte d'Ivoire team that won the silver medal at the 2009 African Championship to qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[10]

Honours

ABC Fighters[3]

• 16× Ivorian National Championship: (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022)

• FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup: (2015)

Gezira

• Egyptian Basketball Super League: (2014)

Ivory Coast

• Runners-up AfroBasket 2009
• Runners-up AfroBasket 2021

Individual awards

• FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup MVP: (2015)
• All-FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup Team: (2005)

• Ivorian National Championship Regular Season MVP: (2021)[11]

References

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