Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)
![]() Koné with Lyon in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Youssouf Koné[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Molenbeek | |||||||||||||
Number | 99 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Lille | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2014 | Lille B | 58 | (1) | |||||||||||
2014–2019 | Lille | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Reims (loan) | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||
2019–2023 | Lyon | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Elche (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021 | → Hatayspor (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Troyes (loan) | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Ajaccio (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | Molenbeek | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2015– | Mali | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC) |
Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgian Pro League club Molenbeek and the Mali national team.[2]
Club career
Koné is a youth team graduate from Lille. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 2 March 2014 in a 3–2 away win over Ajaccio.[3] His second appearance came on 12 April 2014, a league game against Valenciennes.[4]
Koné spent the first half of the 2017–18 season at Ligue 2 side Reims on loan after being loaned out by Head Coach Marcelo Bielsa. The full-season loan contract was terminated early when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury.[5]
Following the departures of both Fodé Ballo-Touré to Monaco and Hamza Mendyl to Schalke 04, Koné established himself as first-choice left-back under Galtier post-Christmas In Lille's excellent 2018–19 campaign, finishing second to Paris Saint-Germain.
On 3 July 2019, he signed a contract with Lyon. The fee was estimated at €9 million.[6] On 29 September of the following year, after just 11 league appearances, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche for one year.[7] On 1 February 2021, Elche and Lyon, agreed to terminate the loan of Koné, due to a lack of playing time.[8] On the same day, Koné was loaned to Turkish club Hatayspor.[8]
On 30 August 2022, Lyon announced Koné's loan to Ajaccio for the 2022–23 season.[9]
On 28 August 2023, Koné terminated his contract with Lyon following a mutual consent, and joined Molenbeek on a 1-year contract.[10]
International career
Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 14 November 2019[12]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 | |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Koné goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 June 2019 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honors
Mali U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 2015[13]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ Youssouf Koné at Soccerway
- ^ "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Lille lose Youssouf Koné to Lyon for €9m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Youssouf Koné, octavo fichaje del Elche CF" [Youssouf Koné, eighth signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Youssouf Koné en prêt à Hatayspor" [Youssouf Koné On Loan At Hatayspor]. www.ol.fr (in French). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Youssouf Koné joins AC Ajaccio on loan". Lyon. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "RÉSILIATION DU CONTRAT DE YOUSSOUF KONÉ" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 28 August 2023.
- ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Youssouf Koné". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.
External links
- Youssouf Koné at BDFutbol
- Eurosport profile
- Youssouf Koné at ESPN FC
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