Abdoul Karim Danté
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdoul Karim Danté | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Virton | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2016 | Jeanne d'Arc | ||
2016–2018 | Anderlecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Anderlecht | 4 | (0) |
2019– | Virton | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Mali U17 | 6 | (1) |
2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (1) |
2016– | Mali | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 April 2018 |
Abdoul Karim Danté (born 29 October 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for R.E. Virton in the Belgian First Division B.
Professional career
On 29 October 2016, Danté signed with Anderlecht and joined their academy after impressing with the Malian club Jeanne d'Arc FC.[1] He made his Belgian First Division A debut for R.S.C. Anderlecht on 6 April 2018 in a 2–1 win against R. Charleroi S.C. coming on as a substitute on the 89th minute.[2]
On 6 August 2019, Danté joined R.E. Virton on a contract until June 2022.[3]
International career
Danté captained the Mali national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, and helped lead them to victory as they won the tournament.[4] Danté also captained the Mali national U-17 football team at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup (October-November 2015, in Chile). He helped Mali achieve the vice-champion result out of 24 national teams.
He made his senior debut with the Mali national football team in a 2-2 2016 African Nations Championship with Uganda on 19 January 2016.[5] Danté played the Mali-Japan senior match (1-1, in Liège Belgique, on 26 March 2018), wearing the number 2.
Honours
Mali U17:
- winner and captain in African U-17 Championship: 2015
- vice champion and captain in FIFA world U-17 Championship, 2015 Chile
References
- ^ DH.be. "Le jeune défenseur malien Abdoul Karim Danté a signé à Anderlecht".
- ^ "Sporting Charleroi vs. Anderlecht - 6 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ Officiel: l’Anderlechtois Abdoul Karim Dante rejoint Virton!, lanouvellegazette.be, 6 August 2019
- ^ "Abdoul Karim Danté : La pépite malienne débarque à Anderlecht". 29 October 2016.
- ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - CHAN 2016 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
External links
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bamako
- Malian footballers
- Mali international footballers
- Mali under-20 international footballers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- R.E. Virton players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Association football defenders
- Malian expatriate footballers
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium