Antoine Conte
{{Short description|Footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Distinguish|Antonio Conte}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Antoine Conte
| image = antoineconte3.jpg
| caption = Conte with Guinea in 2024
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| height = 1.79 m
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Iğdır FK
| clubnumber = 29
| youthyears1 = 2002–2006
| youthclubs1 = AS Val de Fontenay
| youthyears2 = 2006–2007
| youthclubs2 = CO Vincennois
| youthyears3 = 2007–2013
| youthclubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain
| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = → Reims (loan)
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2017
| clubs3 = Reims
| caps3 = 49
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = → Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017–2021
| clubs5 = Beitar Jerusalem
| caps5 = 69
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2021–2022
| clubs6 = Universitatea Craiova
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2022–2023
| clubs7 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| caps7 = 16
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2023–2025
| clubs8 = Botev Plovdiv
| caps8 = 30
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2025-
| clubs9 = Iğdır FK
| caps9 = 2
| goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = France U17
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2011
| nationalteam2 = France U18
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2013
| nationalteam3 = France U19
| nationalcaps3 = 10
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam4 = France U20
| nationalcaps4 = 6
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam5 = France U21
| nationalcaps5 = 6
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2022–
| nationalteam6 = Guinea
| nationalcaps6 = 16
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| club-update = 11:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 23:22, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|France}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2013 Lithuania|}}
}}
Antoine Conte (born 29 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Turkish club Iğdır FK. Born in France, he represents the Guinea national team.
Club career
Conte made his debut in the Ligue 1 on 1 February 2013 against Toulouse replacing Mamadou Sakho after 76 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/iledefrance/antoine-conte-la-belle-histoire-20-02-2013-2582825.php |title=FOOT : Conte, la belle histoire |work=Le Parisien |date=20 February 2013 |accessdate=14 October 2013}}
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.{{cite news|title=Antoine Conte (Reims) au Beitar Jerusalem|trans-title=Antoine Conte (Reims) to Beitar Jerusalem|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Antoine-conte-reims-au-beitar-jerusalem/773991|accessdate=1 February 2017|work=L'Équipe|date=31 January 2017|language=French}}
On 15 June 2017, signed permanently with Beitar agreeing to a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://one.co.il/Article/16-17/1,1,2,0/293175.html?ref=hp|title=טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים|publisher=One|first=Gidi|last=Lipkin|date=15 June 2017 |language=Hebrew}}
In February 2021, after being sentenced to a one-year prison sentence by the court in France, Beitar released Conte.{{cite news|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/855537|title=רשמית: בית"ר ירושלים שחררה את אנטואן קונטה|trans-title=Official: Beitar Jerusalem released Antoine Conte|language=he|first=Shai|last=Artzi|newspaper=Israel Hayom|date=25 February 2021|access-date=24 May 2021}}
International career
File:Antoineconte.jpg in 2023]]
Born in France, Conte is Guinean by descent.{{cite news|last1=Politi|first1=Caroline|title=Antoine Conte, espoir du football, mis en examen après une violente agression|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/le-coup-de-violence-d-un-espoir-du-foot-10-12-2016-6437979.php|accessdate=11 January 2017|work=Le Parisien|date=10 December 2016|language=French}} 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.{{cite web | title=Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022 | website=Sky Sports | date=25 March 2022 | url=https://www.skysports.com/football/south-africa-vs-guinea/teams/463221 | access-date=26 March 2022}}
On 23 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Guinean players selected by Kaba Diawara to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite news |title=Guinea - final squad for 2023 AFCON|url=https://www.cafonline.com/media/kxtbufgs/guinea.pdf |author=| publisher=cafonline.com |language= |access-date=30 January 2024 |date=5 January 2024}}
Personal life
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.{{cite news|title=French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38261503|accessdate=11 January 2017|work=BBC News|date=9 December 2016}} In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison.{{cite news |title=Le footballeur Antoine Conte condamné à trois ans de prison dont un ferme pour violences aggravées |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Le-footballeur-antoine-conte-condamne-a-trois-ans-de-prison-pour-violences-aggravees/1216639 |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=L'Équipe |date=26 January 2021 |language=fr}} In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence.{{cite news |title=Agression à la batte de base-ball : l'ex-joueur du Stade de Reims Antoine Conte rejugé en appel |url=https://www.lunion.fr/id258486/article/2021-05-20/agression-la-batte-de-base-ball-lex-joueur-du-stade-de-reims-antoine-conte |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=L'Union |date=20 May 2021 |language=fr}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 2 March 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Paris Saint-Germain
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reims (loan)
|Ligue 1 |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Reims
|Ligue 1 |29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16
|Ligue 1 |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||53||0 | ||||||||||||
| Reims II
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
|14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="5"|Beitar Jerusalem
|Israeli Premier League |29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Israeli Premier League |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|Israeli Premier League |23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Israeli Premier League |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!69||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0||colspan="2"|—||77||2 | ||||||||||||
| Universitatea Craiova
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Supercupa României}} | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv
|Israeli Premier League |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Botev Plovdiv
|12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!181||2||15||0||2||0||5||0||1||0||204||2 |
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=International=
{{Updated|matches played on 2 February 2024}}{{NFT|86995}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Guinea
|2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||16||0 |
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
Beitar Jerusalem
- Toto Cup: 2019–20{{cite web |title=Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0! |url=http://sportsrabbi.com/beitar-jerusalem-wins-toto-cup-defeat-maccabi-tel-aviv-2-0/ |website=Sports Rabbi |accessdate=31 October 2019 |date=25 September 2019}}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2013/technical-report/tr-under19-2013.pdf |title=Technical report |publisher=UEFA |pages=18–19 |access-date=4 August 2017 }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|182903}}
- {{FFF player|8903-conte-antoine}}
- {{FFF male player|2328095298}}
{{Iğdır F.K. squad}}
{{Guinea squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conte, Antoine}}
Category:Black French sportspeople
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Category:Guinean men's footballers
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Category:France men's under-21 international footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:Israeli Premier League players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
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Category:CS Universitatea Craiova players
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Category:Botev Plovdiv players
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