Facinet Conte

Facinet Conte
	Conte with Guinea in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	24 March 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Young Boys
Number	31
Youth career
2013–2022	Siaka Académie Foot
2022	Flamme Olympique
2022–2023	Siaka Académie Foot
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–2024	Bastia
2024	Bastia B
2024–	Young Boys
International career‡
2024–	Guinea U23
2024	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Facinet Conte (born 24 March 2005) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Guinea national team.^[2]

Club career

Conte joined Siaka Académie Foot at the age of eight. In 2022, he joined Flamme Olympique, where he played a few matches across six months before returning to Siaka Académie Foot.^[1] In December 2022, Conte participated in two friendly matches with Ligue 2 side Bastia.^[3] On 29 June 2023, he signed for the club on a one-year contract with an option for a two-year extension.^[4] On 26 August 2023, Conte made his professional debut for Bastia as a 65th-minute substitute in a match against Troyes.^[5] He scored two goals in the 70th and 80th minutes to lead Bastia to a 3–2 victory.^[6]^[7] He switched to BSC Young-Boys in Summer 2024 and signed a contract until 2029.^[8]

International career

Conte was called up to the Guinea national team for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[9] He scored in his debut with Guinea in a pre-tournament 2–0 win over Nigeria on 8 January 2024.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Facinet Conte : "C'est un honneur de porter le maillot de Bastia"". Spiritu-turchinu.com (in French). 30 August 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Facinet Conte at Soccerway
^ Parisot, Julien (30 June 2023). "Officiel - Le Sporting Club de Bastia accueille pour de bon un jeune attaquant mis à l'essai cet hiver". MaLigue2 (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Facinet Conte signe avec le Sporting". Sporting Club Bastia (in French). 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Facinet Conte, la pépite guinéenne du SC Bastia dont la carrière s'est subitement accélérée". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Bastia : débuts de rêve pour Facinet Conté en Ligue 2". Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée (in French). 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Ligue 2. Billy Koumetio, Facinet Conte, Alexandre Mendy… Les joueurs à suivre de la 5e journée". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "YB verpflichtet Facinet Conte | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[:AC-1] "Facinet Conte : "C'est un honneur de porter le maillot de Bastia"". Spiritu-turchinu.com (in French). 30 August 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[2] Facinet Conte at Soccerway

[3] Parisot, Julien (30 June 2023). "Officiel - Le Sporting Club de Bastia accueille pour de bon un jeune attaquant mis à l'essai cet hiver". MaLigue2 (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[4] "Facinet Conte signe avec le Sporting". Sporting Club Bastia (in French). 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[5] "Facinet Conte, la pépite guinéenne du SC Bastia dont la carrière s'est subitement accélérée". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[6] "Bastia : débuts de rêve pour Facinet Conté en Ligue 2". Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée (in French). 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[7] "Ligue 2. Billy Koumetio, Facinet Conte, Alexandre Mendy… Les joueurs à suivre de la 5e journée". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[8] "YB verpflichtet Facinet Conte | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Facinet Conte

Club career

International career

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