french affiliation football actor
Ibrahima Konaté ( born 25 May 1999 ) is a french professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool .

early biography [edit ]

Konaté was born in Paris. [ 5 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Konaté grew up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and played as a adolescent for Paris FC young teams. [ 6 ] When he was 14, he left for Sochaux and joined their board academy at the age of 15. [ 7 ] He started his career as a striker before moving to the defense mechanism. [ 6 ]

Sochaux [edit ]

Konaté made his master debut for Sochaux in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Auxerre on 7 February 2017, at the old age of 17. [ 8 ]

RB Leipzig [edit ]

After a successful debut season, with 12 games and 1 goal in half a season, Konaté joined RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on 12 June 2017 on a five-year contract by unblock transmit. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Konaté scored his first Leipzig goal in a 4–0 win against Fortuna Düsseldorf. [ 12 ]

liverpool [edit ]

On 28 May 2021, Liverpool announced that they had reached an agreement with RB Leipzig to acquire Konaté on 1 July, pending external clearance and a work let being granted. [ 13 ] The clubhouse had already agreed personal terms with the player in April, [ 14 ] and triggered his publish clause of approximately £36 million in May 2021. [ 15 ] On 18 September, Konaté made his Premier League debut, starting aboard Virgil Van Dijk, and kept a clean sail in a 3-0 victory against Crystal Palace. [ 16 ] He made his irregular start of the temper partnering Virgil avant-garde Dijk in the first North-West Derby of the season, in which Liverpool beat Manchester United 5-0. It was the heaviest kill inflicted on United by Liverpool since 1895 and the heaviest get the better of United had suffered without scoring in since 1955. [ 17 ] Konate won plaudits from fans for how he handled ace players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes and besides featured in Garth Crooks ‘ team of the week, with Crooks saying, “ No frills or skills but he does use his might and strength to maximum effect. This was n’t Chelsea versus Norwich but Manchester United against Liverpool and Mason Greenwood, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford hardly had a kick. ” [ 18 ]

International career [edit ]

Born in France, Konaté is of malian lineage. [ 19 ] He is a youth external for France .

style of play [edit ]

Konaté playing for RB Leipzig in 2019 Konaté has been compared to Virgil avant-garde Dijk due to his positional maneuver, tackling, pace and force. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Guido Schafer said that : “ he is tall, fast, effective proficiency and he is a little morsel of Virgil vanguard Dijk … He has very high-class potential. He is a bang-up athlete, he has good speed and there are no punch-drunk tackles – he is an intelligent player. ” [ 22 ] Konaté is besides well known for his spend and force in the publicize. [ 23 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 22 December 2021[24]

Honours [edit ]

RB Leipzig

References [edit ]