Issiaka Kamate
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Aulnay-sous-Bois, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan U23 | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | FC Montfermeil | ||
| 2020–2024 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → AVS (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Modena (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2025– | Inter Milan U23 | 33 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 April 2026 | |||
Issiaka Kamate (born 2 August 2004) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group A club Inter Milan U23.[1]
Early life
[edit]Kamate is a native of Villepinte, France.[2]
Career
[edit]Kamate joined the youth academy of Italian side Inter at the age of sixteen.[3]
On 21 August 2024, Kamate joined Primeira Liga club AVS on a season-long loan.[4] After eight appearances for the Portuguese side, Kamate's loan was ended in January 2025.[5]
On 31 January 2025, Kamate joined Serie B club Modena on loan until the end of the season.[5]
In the summer of 2025, Kamate returned to Inter Milan, where he was assigned to their newly established reserve team.
On 4 February 2026, Kamate made his debut for the Inter Milan senior squad, with Inter manager Cristian Chivu putting him in the starting XI as a right wing-back in a Coppa Italia quarter final match vs Torino. He marked his debut with an 35th minute assist, providing a right-footed cross into fellow frenchman Ange-Yoan Bonny to make the game 1–0.[6]
Style of play
[edit]Kamate has operated as a midfielder and right-winger.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Kamate is of Ivorian descent.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 21 February 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AVS (loan) | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Modena (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Inter Milan U23 | 2025–26 | Serie C | 26 | 5 | — | — | 3[b] | 1 | 29 | 6 | ||
| Inter Milan | 2025–26 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal and Coppa Italia
- ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
Honours
[edit]Inter Milan
References
[edit]- ↑ "Giocava nei Dilettanti in Francia, ora fa il fenomeno nell'Inter: Kamat". sprintesport.it.
- ↑ "Issiaka Kamate, le dernier talent français à la conquête de l'Inter". footmercato.net.
- ↑ "Issiaka Kamate, de Montfermeil à l'Inter Milan". lequipe.fr.
- ↑ "Kamate to AVS" (Press release). Inter Milan. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Issiaka Kamate joins Modena". Inter Milan. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "Inter beat Torino and are through to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia". Inter Milan. 4 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ↑ "Chi è Issiaka Kamaté?". grandhotelcalciomercato.com.
- ↑ Africafoot, L'équipe (13 August 2023). "Radar actus Africafoot : Fil actus du 13 août 2023".
- ↑ Issiaka Kamate at Soccerway
- ↑ "Inter, è doblete! Un autogol e Lautaro stendono la Lazio, la Coppa Italia è nerazzurra". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Inter Milan players
- AVS Futebol SAD players
- Modena FC 2018 players
- Inter Milan Under-23 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- 21st-century French sportsmen