Abdoulay Konko
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Abdoulaye Konko Faye is a French
France
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 footballer
Football (soccer)
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 of Senegal
Senegal
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ese and Moroccan
Morocco
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 descent, who currently plays for Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

 in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 as a right back. He favours dribbling and can play anywhere on either wing.

Club career

A youth product of Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

, Konko was loaned to F.C. Crotone
F.C. Crotone
Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:...

 with Giovanni Bartolucci
Giovanni Bartolucci
Giovanni Bartolucci is an Italian footballer who plays for Gubbio.-Biography:A youth product of Fiorentina, he made his Serie A debut losing to S.S. Lazio in 0–3, away legs 10 June 2001. Bartolucci signed to Juventus F.C. on free transfer in 2002...

, Tomas Guzman
Tomás Guzmán
Tomás Guzmán fullname Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Piacenza in Serie B in Italy.-Career:...

, Antonio Mirante
Antonio Mirante
Antonio Mirante is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Parma F.C.- Career :...

, Matteo Paro
Matteo Paro
Matteo Paro is an Italian footballer who plays for Vicenza.-Career:Paro made his Serie A debut in 17 May 2003, in a 2–1 loss to Reggina....

 and Daniele Gastaldello
Daniele Gastaldello
Daniele Gastaldello is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Sampdoria.-Club career:...

 in 2004 and with Guzman in 2005.

He was sold in co-ownership deal to A.C. Siena
A.C. Siena
Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....

 in 2006, valued €1 million, and moved along with Bartolucci, Gastaldello and Andrea Masiello
Andrea Masiello
Andrea Masiello is an Italian footballer. He plays for Atalanta.-Juventus:A graduate of Juventus youth system, he made his Serie A debut at Juventus F.C., losing to Inter, 0–1 in home legs, 20 April 2005....

, as well as Packer Douglas Ricardo on loan.

On 25 January 2007, Konko was sold by Juventus to Genoa for €1 million as part of the deal for Domenico Criscito
Domenico Criscito
Domenico Criscito , is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. He is a versatile defender who started his career as a centre back but now usually plays at left back.-Club career:...

. Konko became owned by Genoa and Siena. In the summer of 2007 Konko and Masiello became totally owned by Genoa. As part of the deal, Fernando Forestieri
Fernando Forestieri
Fernando Martín Forestieri is an Italian Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Bari, on loan from Udinese. He is nicknamed El Topa.-Club career:...

 became co-owned by Siena and Genoa.

In the summer of 2008 Konko was transferred to Sevilla FC
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

 for undisclosed fee. Konko signed a five-year contract with Sevilla and had a €60 million release clause written into his contract.

On 19 January 2011, Konko returned to Genoa for undisclosed fee. Konko played 13 matches in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 for the rossoblu, before again leaving the club.

At the end of the season, he moved to Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, signing a four-year contract.
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