Abdu Conté
Conté in 2022
Personal information
Full name Abdu Cadri Conté[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-24) 24 March 1998[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
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 45 (1)
International career
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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021 Hungary–Slovenia
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2017 Georgia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:08, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Abdu Cadri Conté (born 24 March 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a left-back for Ligue 2 club Troyes.

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.

Club career

Sporting CP

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]

Moreirense

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]

Troyes

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]

International career

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]

Honours

Portugal U19

Portugal U21

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Abdu Conté at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Camará, Sene (22 November 2015). "Futebol de formação: Abdu Conté o polivalente guineense dos leões de Portugal" [Youth football: Abdu Conté the Portuguese lions' versatile Guinean]. O Democrata (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sporting B-Sp. Braga B, 1–2: Arsenalistas vencem em jogo polémico" [Sporting B-Sp. Braga B, 1–2: Arsenalistas win controversial match]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Freitas, Bruno (16 July 2019). "Abdu Conté pode ser reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté may be Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Abdu Conté é reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté is Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Moreirense empata (0–0) em Setúbal" [Moreirense draw (0–0) in Setúbal]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Abdu Conté já se despediu do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté has already said goodbye to Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Abdu Conté rejoint l'ESTAC" [Abdu Conté joins ESTAC!] (in French). ES Troyes. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Nice – Troyes, le résumé du match" [Nice – Troyes, match highlights]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Portugal derrotado na final do Campeonato da Europa de sub-19" [Portugal defeated in under-19 European Championship final]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Easah Suliman delivered a captain's performance as England U20s down Portugal". The Football Association. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Mudanças na Seleção de sub-21: Abdu Conté e Filipe Soares chamados" [Changes in under-21 national team: Abdu Conté and Filipe Soares called]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Europeu sub-21: Espanha-Portugal, 0–1 (crónica)" [Under-21 Euro: Spain-Portugal, 0–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "European Under-19 Championship: England beat Portugal in final". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Technical report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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