Abdu Conté

Abdu Conté
Conté in 2022
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 Defender
Team information
Current team
 Casa Pia
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2011 Damaiense
2011–2017 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sporting CP B 31 (0)
2019–2022 Moreirense 61 (0)
2022–2025 Troyes 58 (1)
2024–2025 → Young Boys (loan) 16 (0)
2025– Casa Pia 2 (0)
International career
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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2017 Georgia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:24, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Abdu Cadri Conté (born 24 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a left-back for Primeira Liga club Casa Pia.

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]

At the end of the season, Young Boys decided not to exercise the option to buy, and Conté returned to Troyes.[12]

Casa Pia

Conté returned to Portugal for 2025–26, signing with top-division Casa Pia.[13]

International career

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Conté represented Portugal at youth level.[14][15] 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,[16] earning his first cap on 3 June by featuring 90 minutes in a 1–0 semi-final victory over Spain.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[18]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 7 0 — — — 7 0
2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 24 0 — — — 24 0
Total 31 0 — — — 31 0
Sporting CP 2018–19 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moreirense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 23 0 1 0 0 0 — 24 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 22 0 1 0 0 0 — 23 0
2021–22 Primeira Liga 16 0 3 0 1 0 — 20 0
Total 61 0 5 0 1 0 — 67 0
Troyes 2021–22 Ligue 1 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 19 1 0 0 — — 19 1
2023–24 Ligue 2 22 0 0 0 — — 22 0
Total 58 1 0 0 — — 58 1
Young Boys (loan) 2024–25 Swiss Super League 16 0 4 0 — 1[a] 0 21 0
Career total 166 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 177 1
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Portugal U19

Portugal U21

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Abdu Conté rejoint l'ESTAC" [Abdu Conté joins ESTAC!] (in French). ES Troyes. 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Nice – Troyes, le résumé du match" [Nice – Troyes, match highlights]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Findet Top-Torjäger neuen Schweizer Klub?" [Will top scorer find a new Swiss club?]. Blick (in German). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Infos zu Alan Virginius und Abdu Conté" [Info on Alan Virginius and Abdu Conté] (in German). BSC Young Boys. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Abdu Conté regressa a Portugal para reforçar lateral esquerda do Casa Pia" [Abdu Conté returns to Portugal to reinforce Casa Pia's left-back] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Easah Suliman delivered a captain's performance as England U20s down Portugal". The Football Association. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  16. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  17. ^ Maia, Vítor (3 June 2021). "Europeu sub-21: Espanha-Portugal, 0–1 (crónica)" [Under-21 Euro: Spain-Portugal, 0–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  18. ^ Abdu Conté at Soccerway
  19. ^ "European Under-19 Championship: England beat Portugal in final". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Highlights, report: Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Technical report". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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