Antoine Conte

Antoine Conte (born 29 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.

Not to be confused with Antonio Conte.
Antoine Conte
Conte with France U19 in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Botev Plovdiv
Youth career
2002–2006 AS Val de Fontenay
2006–2007 CO Vincennois
2007–2013 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Reims (loan) 9 (0)
2014–2017 Reims 49 (0)
2017 → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 14 (0)
2017–2021 Beitar Jerusalem 69 (2)
2021–2022 Universitatea Craiova 10 (0)
2022–2023 Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 (0)
2023– Botev Plovdiv 5 (0)
International career‡
2011 France U17 3 (0)
2011 France U18 2 (0)
2013 France U19 10 (2)
2013–2014 France U20 6 (0)
2014–2016 France U21 6 (0)
2022– Guinea 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's football
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2013 Lithuania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:46, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2022

Club career

Conte made his debut in the Ligue 1 on 1 February 2013 against Toulouse replacing Mamadou Sakho after 76 minutes.[2]

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.[3]

On 15 June 2017, signed permanently with Beitar agreeing to a three-year contract.[4]

In February 2021, after being sentenced to a one-year prison sentence by the court in France, Beitar released Conte.[5]

International career

Born in France, Conte is Guinean by descent.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] In January 2021, he was sentenced to three years of prison.[9] In May he filed an appeal for the reduction of his sentence.[10]

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

Beitar Jerusalem

Universitatea Craiova

France U19

France U21

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[12]

References
  1. "OFICIAL | Bun venit, Antoine Conte!".
  2. "FOOT : Conte, la belle histoire". Le Parisien. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. "Antoine Conte (Reims) au Beitar Jerusalem" [Antoine Conte (Reims) to Beitar Jerusalem]. L'Équipe (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. Lipkin, Gidi. "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" (in Hebrew). One.
  5. Artzi, Shai (25 February 2021). "רשמית: בית"ר ירושלים שחררה את אנטואן קונטה" [Official: Beitar Jerusalem released Antoine Conte]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. Politi, Caroline (10 December 2016). "Antoine Conte, espoir du football, mis en examen après une violente agression". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. "Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. "French footballer Conte held for 'assault' in Reims". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. "Le footballeur Antoine Conte condamné à trois ans de prison dont un ferme pour violences aggravées". L'Équipe (in French). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. "Agression à la batte de base-ball : l'ex-joueur du Stade de Reims Antoine Conte rejugé en appel". L'Union (in French). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  11. "Beitar Jerusalem Wins Toto Cup! Defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0!". Sports Rabbi. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  12. "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA.com. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 August 2017.


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