Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for JS Kabylie and the Mali national team.[2]
.jpg) Koné with Lyon in October 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Youssouf Koné[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1995 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | JS Kabylie | |||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2011 | JMG Academy Bamako | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | AS Bakaridjan | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | 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) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Molenbeek | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | JS Kabylie | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Mali U20 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015– | Mali | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 17 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editKoné 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]
On 9 September 2024, Koné signed a 1-year contract, with JS Kabylie.[11]
International career
editKoné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2015.[12]
He then competes with his country twice in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 and 2019.
International career statistics
edit- As of match played on 14 November 2019[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
editStade de Reims
Mali U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze medal: 2015[14]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Youssouf Koné signe à la JS Kabylie". www.competition.dz (in French). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ 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
edit- Youssouf Koné at BDFutbol
- Eurosport profile
- Youssouf Koné at ESPN FC