Lamine Conte
Lamine Conte is a Guinean footballer.
Career
Early career
Conte was born in Conakry, Guinea, before moving to the United States. He played with the Philadelphia Union academy between 2014 and 2016, helping the Union to the U.S. Soccer Development U16 Final Four during the 2014–15 season.In 2016, Conte attended the University of Mobile to play college soccer. Here, he made 23 stats over two seasons with the Rams. Conte was named an NAIA Second Team All-American as a sophomore and helped the Rams advance to the quarterfinal of the 2017 NAIA National Championship. and was selected to the Southern States Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team, earned SSAC First Team All-Conference and NAIA All-National Team honors, as well as being named to the SSAC All-Freshman Team in 2016.
In 2018, Conte transferred to the University of Louisville, where he made 31 appearances, tallying a single assist and being named to the 2018 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team.
Whilst at college, Conte played three seasons with Reading United AC in the USL League Two, making 28 regular season appearances and nine playoff appearances. In 2019, he was voted League Two Defensive Player of the Year.