Hillel Konaté

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hillel Konaté

| image = Valenciennes FC - RC Lens (10-11-2018) 56.jpg

| caption = Konaté in 2018

| fullname = Hillel-Yored Amilcar Tony Konaté{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Les listes provisoires des équipes qualifiées pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations CAF TotalEnergies, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/fr/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/les-listes-provisoires-des-equipes-qualifiees-pour-la-coupe-dafrique-des-nations-caf-totalenergies-cote-divoire-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CAF |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Poitiers, France

| height = 1.82m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Châteauroux

| clubnumber = 40

| youthyears1 = 2007–2009

| youthclubs1 = Châteauroux

| youthyears2 = 2009–2015

| youthclubs2 = Sochaux

| years1 = 2012–2015

| clubs1 = Sochaux B

| caps1 = 35

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = Boulogne B

| caps2 = 22

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Boulogne

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018–2023

| clubs4 = Valenciennes

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2023

| clubs5 = Valenciennes B

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023–

| clubs6 = Châteauroux

| caps6 = 31

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = Ivory Coast U17

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2022–

| nationalteam2 = Burkina Faso

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 1 January 2025

| ntupdate = 21:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

}}

Hillel-Yored Amilcar Tony Konaté (born 28 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the French club Châteauroux in the Championnat National. Born in France, and a former youth international for the Ivory Coast, Konaté plays for the Burkina Faso national team.

Professional career

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.va-fc.com/fr/saison/actualite/article/17329/Et-de-2-pour-Konate-!.html|title=Et de 2 pour Konaté ! - VA-FC.com|publisher=}} He made his professional debut with Valenciennes in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to FC Lorient on 14 August 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/85384|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Coupe de la Ligue - Saison 2018/2019 - 1er tour - Valenciennes FC / FC Lorient|website=www.lfp.fr}}

On 24 July 2023, Châteauroux announced that they had made a contract with Konaté.{{cite web|url=https://www.berrichonne.net/en/news/saison-2023-2024/actu/4408/hillel-konate|title=Hillel Konaté|publisher=berrichonne.net|language=fr|access-date=7 September 2023}}

International career

Konaté was born in France and is Ivorian and Burkinabé by 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255971/match=300151822/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704222611/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255971/match=300151822/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2011|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – France-Côte d'Ivoire – FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151826/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625150236/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151826/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2011|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Australia-Côte d'Ivoire – FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151833/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627122008/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151833/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2011|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire-Denmark – FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151842/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629232010/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151842/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire-Brazil – FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}

He was called up to the senior Ivory Coast national football team in 2015, but did not make an appearance.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/club/dirigeants/47-selection/6801-hillel-konate-appele-avec-la-cote-d-ivoire|title=Hillel Konaté appelé avec la Côte d'Ivoire|first=Fabien|last=FCSM|website=--}} In 2022, he was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.africatopsports.com/2022/09/14/football-konate-hillel-a-opte-pour-les-etalons-du-burkina-faso/|title=Football : Konaté Hillel a opté pour les Etalons du Burkina Faso|first=Marcel Ouattara|last=Lakoun|date=14 September 2022}} He debuted with Burkina Faso in a 2–1 friendly win over Comoros on 27 September 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://comorosfootball.com/comores-doute-defaite-burkina-faso/|title=Les Comores dans le doute après la défaite face au Burkina Faso|first=Boina|last=Houssamdine|date=28 September 2022}}