Abdu Conté

Abdu Conté
	Conté in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Abdu Cadri Conté
Date of birth	24 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Young Boys; (on loan from Troyes)
Number	22
Youth career
2008–2011	Damaiense
2011–2017	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	Sporting CP B
2019–2022	Moreirense
2022–	Troyes
2024–	→ Young Boys (loan)
International career
2014–2015	Portugal U17
2015	Portugal U18
2016–2017	Portugal U19
2017–2018	Portugal U20
2021	Portugal U21
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:15, 22 May 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 Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan from Troyes.

He represented Sporting CP B, Moreirense, Troyes and Young Boys 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-23s 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 Troyes of the French Ligue 1 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]

In the 2023–24 campaign, Conté's side only managed to remain in Ligue 2 as Bordeaux were relegated due to bankruptcy.^[10] In the summer, he was loaned to Swiss Super League champions Young Boys.^[11]

International career

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.^[12]^[13] 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,^[14] earning his first cap on 3 June by featuring 90 minutes in a 1–0 semi-final victory over Spain.^[15]

Honours

Portugal U19

UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2017^[16]

Portugal U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2021^[17]

Individual

UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Abdu Conté at WorldFootball.net
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "Abdu Conté é reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté is Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Moreirense empata (0–0) em Setúbal" [Moreirense draw (0–0) in Setúbal]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Abdu Conté rejoint l'ESTAC" [Abdu Conté joins ESTAC!] (in French). ES Troyes. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Nice – Troyes, le résumé du match" [Nice – Troyes, match highlights]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ Millar, Colin (30 July 2024). "City Football Group's Troyes reinstated in Ligue 2 after Bordeaux lose professional status". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Findet Top-Torjäger neuen Schweizer Klub?" [Will top scorer find a new Swiss club?]. Blick (in German). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Easah Suliman delivered a captain's performance as England U20s down Portugal". The Football Association. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "European Under-19 Championship: England beat Portugal in final". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Technical report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.