Amadou Kassaraté

Amadou Kassaraté (born 14 January 1996) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Welling United.[1]

Amadou Kassaraté
Personal information
Full name Amadou Kassaraté
Date of birth (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Welling United
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
0000–2015 Welling United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Walton Casuals
2016–2017 Dumbarton 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (loan)
2017 → Stranraer (loan) 13 (2)
2017-2018 Cheshunt 10 (1)
2018–2019 Thesprotos 15 (4)
2019–2020 Cheshunt 18 (3)
2021–2022 Cheshunt 29 (6)
2022– Welling United 37 (1)
International career
2015 Senegal U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Born in London, England, Kassaraté attended Thomas Tallis Secondary School.[2] After starting his career with Welling United, Kassarate joined Walton Casuals in February 2015.[3] However, he failed to make an appearance for the Isthmian Division One South club and left at the end of the season.

In December 2015, he joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton's under-20 side. After impressing for them he signed a first team deal in July 2016 alongside fellow under-20s player Ryan Clark[4] having made his debut as a trialist in a pre-season friendly with Dundee[5] He made his senior debut for the club as a substitute in a 6–2 defeat to Dundee.[6]

He joined Junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy on loan in September 2016.[7] On 3 February 2017, Kassaraté moved on loan to Scottish League One side Stranraer, joining up with former Dumbarton assistant manager and current Stranraer boss, Stephen Farrell.[8] He scored his first senior goal with a spectacular bicycle kick against Stenhousemuir in April 2017[9]

On 5 October 2018, Kassaraté joined Greek side Thesprotos.[10] On his second appearance for his new club on 4 November 2018, he scored his first goal, a header in a 3–0 win over Souli Paramythia.[11] He was part of the side who secured promotion to the Greek Football League after winning 3–0 on aggregate in the Gamma Ethniki promotion playoffs.[12]

In November 2019, Kassaraté rejoined Isthmian League Premier Division side Cheshunt.[13] He went on to make 16 appearances in all competitions, scoring three times.[14] In May 2022, he scored in the play-off final to help Cheshunt secure promotion to National League South.[15]

International career

Kassaraté is eligible to play for England, through his birth country and Senegal, through his parents. In April 2015, Kassaraté was called up by Manager Joseph Koto to play for Senegal under-20s.[16] Kassaraté was expected to be included in the Senegal squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, but a foot injury, however, prevented him from joining the squad.

Personal life

Kassaraté is a former student of University of East London[17] where he graduated with a degree in sport and exercise science. He is the founder of urban streetwear clothing brand Sapécomejamais.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 November 2018[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dumbarton 2016–17 Scottish Championship 0000200020
Stranraer 2016–17 Scottish League One 132000000132
Scotland total 132002000152
Thesprotos 2018–19 Gamma Ethniki 15400002[lower-alpha 1]0174
Greece total 154000020174
Career total 286002020326
  1. Appearances in Gamma Ethniki play-offs

Honours

Thesprotos

Cheshunt

References
  1. Amadou Kassaraté: Securing promotion in Greece after a roller-coaster year englishplayersabroad.com
  2. "2009–10 Boys Competition". ESFA Official Website. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "AMADOU KASSARATE COMPLETES MOVE". Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. "DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS SIGN". Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. "Dumbarton (1) v Dundee (2)". Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. Christie, James. "DUNDEE VS DUMBARTON". Archived from the original on 2016-07-24. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  7. Findlay, Alan. "AMADOU KASSARATE JOINS ROB ROY ON LOAN". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  8. "Amadou Kassaraté". Stranraer FC. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. "Stranraer 3-0 Stenhousemuir". Stranraer FC. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  10. "Παίκτης του Θεσπρωτού ο Κασαρατέ" [Player of Thesproto Kassarate]. theball.gr (in Greek). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  11. "Θεσπρωτός - Σούλι Παραμυθιάς 3-0 (theball.gr)" [Thesprotos - Souli Paramythias 3-0]. theball. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  12. "IONIKOS AND THESPROTOS RETURN TO PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, HISTORIC 'PROMOTION' FOR TRIGLIA". agonasport.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. "Ambers Sign...Almost Everyone". isthmian.co.uk. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  14. "Cheshunt – Appearances – Amadou Kassarate". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  15. "Zeros and heroes: the best non-league football stories you may have missed". theguardian.com. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  16. "Mondial U20 : Le Sénégal débute les préparatifs ce mardi" [U20 WORLD CUP: SENEGAL BEGINS PREPARATIONS ON TUESDAY] (in French). Africa Top Sports. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  17. @UEL_News (29 May 2020). "Amadou Kassarate pitches his luxury streetwear brand, made for those of African Decent" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  18. "Meet the footballer launching clothing range inspired by African culture". itv.com. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  19. Amadou Kassaraté at Soccerway
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