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Abdoul Karim Danté
Personal information
Full name Abdoul Karim Danté
Date of birth (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 (age 26)
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:

References

  1. ^ DH.be. "Le jeune défenseur malien Abdoul Karim Danté a signé à Anderlecht".
  2. ^ "Sporting Charleroi vs. Anderlecht - 6 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ Officiel: l’Anderlechtois Abdoul Karim Dante rejoint Virton!, lanouvellegazette.be, 6 August 2019
  4. ^ "Abdoul Karim Danté : La pépite malienne débarque à Anderlecht". 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - CHAN 2016 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.