Yored Hillel Konaté (born 28 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the French club Châteauroux in the Championnat National. Born in France, and a former youth international for the Ivory Coast, Konaté plays for the Burkina Faso national team.

Professional career

Konaté began playing football in the youth academy of Châteauroux, and moved to the academy Sochaux II in 2009.

Hillel Konaté

On 12 June 2018, Konaté transferred from US Boulogne to Valenciennes FC in the Ligue 2. He made his professional debut with Valenciennes in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to FC Lorient on 14 August 2018.

Hillel Konaté

On 24 July 2023, Châteauroux announced that they had made a contract with Konaté.

Hillel Konaté

International career

Konaté was born in France and is Ivorian and Burkinabé by descent. He represented the Ivory Coast U17s at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, starting in all 4 of their matches in the tournament.

He was called up to the senior Ivory Coast national football team in 2015, but did not make an appearance. In 2022, he was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies. He debuted with Burkina Faso in a 2–1 friendly win over Comoros on 27 September 2022.

References

External links

LFP Profile

1994 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Poitiers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Burkinabé men's footballers

Burkina Faso men's international footballers

Ivorian men's footballers

Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers

French men's footballers

Citizens of Ivory Coast through descent

Burkinabé people of Ivorian descent

Ivorian people of Burkinabé descent

French sportspeople of Ivorian descent

French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent

Valenciennes FC players

US Boulogne players

Ligue 2 players

Championnat National players

Championnat National 2 players

Championnat National 3 players

Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine