Bambasé Conté, la nueva selección de Klopp

Bambasé Conté ha conseguido su primera convocatoria con Alemania tras impulsar a Elversberg a su debut en la Bundesliga la temporada pasada, ¿qué más sabemos del joven talento del Hoffenheim?

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Age: 23 (born: 7 July 2003)
Club: Hoffenheim
Position: Attacking midfielder/winger
Country: Germany (1 cap/0 goals)/Guinea 

Conté was born in Saarbrücken to a German mother and Guinean father on 7 July 2003, and until Germany’s UEFA Nations League meeting with Greece, remained eligible for both countries.

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Germany always looked likely to win that particular race, however, first capping Conté at U16 level a few months after he left Kaiserslautern’s youth academy for Hoffenheim’s in 2018. Having also been at Saarbrücken previously, subsequent loans to Karlsruhe and Elversberg give Conté’s early footballing CV an eclectic look.

It was last season at Elversberg where he really came of age, though. Conté, starting in central midfield, contributed four goals and six assists – at a rate of one every two games he played – as Die Schwarz und Weiß secured their first ever Bundesliga promotion.

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Conté helped Elversberg to a second-place finish behind Schalke in Bundesliga 2 last season. – Alex Grimm –><!–>

Now back at Hoffenheim, Conté has started three of four Bundesliga games, coming off the bench in the other, added two assists, doing enough for Jürgen Klopp to secure his international future.

Conté’s direct goal contributions from a relatively deep starting position speak to his ability to time late breaks into the box, as well as potent shot and fine finishes. He combines line-breaking creativity with an ability to win the ball back in a high press, in a style akin to one-time RB Leipzig star Dominik Szoboszlai.

Klopp signed Szoboszlai for Liverpool in 2023, and it is perhaps unsurprising he went looking for a similar profile with his maiden Germany squads.

Watch: Szobo’s goals and assists from his final Leipzig season

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