Amadou Dante
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Dante in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 2000 | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arouca | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Yeelen Olympique | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Sturm Graz | 94 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Hartberg (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Zürich (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | → Arouca (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | Arouca | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Mali U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mali | 20 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 January 2026 | |||
Amadou Dante (born 7 October 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primeira Liga club Arouca.
Club career
Amadou Dante started his career at Malian side Yeelen Olympique. Shortly after the tournament, the Austrian club Sturm Graz signed him and immediately loaned him to TSV Hartberg. In the following years Dante was mostly a first-team regular at Sturm Graz, played many international matches and won the Austrian Cup in 2023.
In February 2024, After playing at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024, Dante joined FC Zürich in Switzerland on loan with an option to buy.[2] The club finally decided not to buy Dante. In summer 2024, Portuguese side Arouca loaned Dante for one year with an option to buy.[3] At the end of the season, he joined the club on a permanent basis, signing a three-year contract.[4]
International career
Dante participated in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. He plays three games in this competition, all of them as the holder, including Mali's final against Senegal, after a shoot-out.
Amadou Dante honours his first selection with Mali national team on 4 June 2022, against Congo. He's got a tenure and his team wins by four goals to zero. On January 2, 2024, he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Eric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]
On 11 December 2025, Dante was called up to the Mali squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 December 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2019–20 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 94 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | – | 89 | 1 | |||
| Hartberg (loan) | 2019–20 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Zürich (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| Arouca (loan) | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Arouca | 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Career total | 145 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of matches played on 3 January 2026[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
References
- ^ a b Amadou Dante at Soccerway
- ^ "AMADOU DANTE WECHSELT ZUM FC ZÜRICH" [AMADOU DANTE IS MOVING TO FC ZURICH] (in German). FC Zürich. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Erneute Leihe: Sturm-Verteidiger Dante wechselt zu portugiesischem Erstligist Arouca". www.transfermarkt.at (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "OFICIAL: Amadou Danté assina contrato definitivo com o Arouca" [OFFICIAL: Amadou Danté signs permanent contract with Arouca]. MaisFutebol (in European Portuguese). 28 May 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ Ouest-France (2 January 2024). "CAN 2024. La liste officielle du Mali pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Voici la liste des Aigles retenus par le sélectionneur Tom Saintfiet pour la CAN Maroc 2025". Facebook (in French). Fédération Malienne de Football. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ Amadou Dante at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Amadou Dante at Soccerway
- Amadou Dante at National-Football-Teams.com