Abdu Conté

Abdu Cadri Conté (born 24 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Moreirense F.C. as a central defender or a left back.

Abdu Conté
Personal information
Full name Abdu Cadri Conté[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-24) 24 March 1998[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Moreirense
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2011 Damaiense
2011–2017 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sporting CP B 31 (0)
2019– Moreirense 53 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Portugal U17 11 (0)
2015 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U19 11 (0)
2017–2018 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2021 Portugal U21 2 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2021

Born in Guinea-Bissau, he 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 S.C. Braga B for 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-23 side before his departure.[4]

Moreirense

On 22 July 2019, Conté signed with Primeira Liga club Moreirense F.C. 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]

International career

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.[7][8] 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,[9] earning his first cap on 3 June by featuring 90 minutes in a 1–0 semi-final victory over Spain.[10]

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Abdu Conté at WorldFootball.net
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Abdu Conté é reforço do Moreirense" [Abdu Conté is Moreirense addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. "Moreirense empata (0–0) em Setúbal" [Moreirense draw (0–0) in Setúbal]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. "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.
  8. "Easah Suliman delivered a captain's performance as England U20s down Portugal". The Football Association. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "Technical report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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