Amadou Dante
Malian footballer
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Amadou Dante (born 7 October 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Czech First League club Zbrojovka Brno.
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Dante in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 7 October 2000 | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zbrojovka Brno | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Yeelen Olympique | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2025 | Sturm Graz | 94 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Hartberg (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Zürich (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | → Arouca (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Arouca | 17 | (0) |
| 2026– | Zbrojovka Brno | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Mali U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mali | 21 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
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]
On 17 July 2026, Dante signed a multi-year contract with Czech First League club Zbrojovka Brno.[5]Dante stated that Zbrojovka Brno's sporting project and the club's ambitions were the main reasons behind his decision to join the Czech side.[6]
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.[7]
On 11 December 2025, Dante was called up to the Mali squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 March 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 149 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 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 31 March 2026[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | |
