{{short description|Guinean footballer (born 1973)}} {{BLP more footnotes needed|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Balla Conde | image = | fullname = Ballamodou Conde | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|10|18}} | birth_place = [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]] | height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}} | currentclub = [[South Coast Wolves Football Club|South Coast Wolves]] (assistant) | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1989–1994 | years2 = 1995 | years3 = 1996 | years4 = 1997–1998 | years5 = 1999–2001 | years6 = 2000–2001 | years7 = 2001 | years8 = 2002–2004 | years9 = 2004–2005 | years10 = 2005 | years11 = 2006–2008 | years12 = 2007 | clubs1 = [[Horoya AC]] | clubs2 = [[CS Sfaxien|Sfaxien]] | clubs3 = [[Al Jahra (football club)|Al Jahra]] | clubs4 = [[Penang FA]] | clubs5 = [[Parramatta Eagles]] | clubs6 = → [[Gombak United FC|Gombak United]] (loan) | clubs7 = [[Gombak United FC|Gombak United]] | clubs8 = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] | clubs9 = [[Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club|Bonnyrigg White Eagles]] | clubs10 = [[FC Bossy Liverpool|Bossy Liverpool]] | clubs11 = [[South Coast Wolves Football Club|Wollongong FC]] | clubs12 = → [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] (loan) | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam1 = [[Guinean national football team|Guinea]] | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = ? | manageryears1 = 2009– | managerclubs1 = [[South Coast Wolves Football Club|South Coast Wolves]] (assistant) | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Ballamodou''' "'''Balla'''" '''Conde''' (born 18 October 1973) is a retired Guinean [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].
==Club career== Conde made his professional debuts at the age of 16 with [[Horoya AC]] in the [[Guinée Championnat National|Guinean League]], making a substantial contribution as the team won three national championships. In 1997, after spells in [[Tunisia]] and [[Kuwait]], he joined [[Penang FA]] in the [[M-League|Malaysian League]], reaching and losing the [[Malaysia FA Cup|domestic cup]] final in his first year at the club, and becoming [[Captain (association football)|team captain]] the following year, which ended in league conquest.
Conde would then play most of the following decade in [[Australia]], starting with the [[Parramatta Eagles]] of the [[NSW Premier League]] where he played two years, helping the team to a final and a last-four appearance. Afterwards, he represented two teams in the [[Singapore]]an [[S-League]], [[Gombak United FC]] and the [[Singapore Armed Forces FC]], before returning to his previous country, signing with the [[Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club]] for 2004–05.
After a brief stint with [[FC Bossy Liverpool]] in the [[New South Wales Winter Super League]], Conde joined [[South Coast Wolves Football Club|Wollongong Football Club]], playing with the [[Illawarra]] side until his retirement at age 35. He stayed with the club subsequently, working as an assistant coach.
In 2016, Balla commenced his own academy training Australia's next generation of Football Stars. His academy based in St Marys, NSW coaches children from age 2 to All ages. Australian Football Generation Stars(AFGS)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afgstars.com.au/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321025433/http://www.afgstars.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is now the Penrith regions leading academy.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060820011850/http://www.wolves.com.au/wolves2006/balla.htm Wollong Wolves profile] (archived) *[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/C/COM.html Oz Football profile] *[http://www.afgstars.com.au Australian Football Generation Stars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321025433/http://www.afgstars.com.au/ |date=21 March 2019 }}
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