Amara Konate

Amara Konate (born 1 February 1999) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club L'Aquila, on loan from Cavese.

Personal life Born in Nzérékoré, Guinea, Konate left his native country in 2017 to move to Europe, crossing the Mediterranean Sea via Libya and then finally settling down to Italy. After landing to Catania, he was moved to an immigration center in Cassino, where he started playing football with a local team, despite not having ever seriously played the game before.

Loan to Rieti On 1 October 2018, Serie C club Rieti officially announced that Konate joined them on a season-long loan. He made his Serie C debut for Rieti earlier, on 29 September 2018 in a game against Cavese as a 90th-minute substitute for Boubakary Diarra.

Messina On 30 July 2021, he joined Messina.