Maxwel Cornet

Maxwel Cornet
Cornet in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gnaly Maxwel Cornet
Date of birth (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996
Place of birth Bregbo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 27
Youth career
2004 ARS Laquenexy
2004–2012 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Metz II 21 (6)
2012–2015 Metz 23 (1)
2015– Lyon 97 (18)
National team‡
2011–2012 France U16 15 (5)
2012–2013 France U17 9 (7)
2013–2014 France U18 4 (2)
2013–2015 France U19 17 (8)
2015 France U20 2 (1)
2015–2016 France U21 5 (1)
2017– Ivory Coast 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2017

Gnaly Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais and the Ivory Coast national team.

Career

Metz

Cornet is a youth exponent from Metz. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 August 2013 against Stade Lavallois. He replaced Yeni Ngbakoto after 79 minutes in a 1–0 home victory.[1]

Lyon

On 16 January 2015, Cornet signed for the Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais.[2]

He made his Ligue 1 debut for the club against former club Metz on 25 January 2015. He replaced Alexandre Lacazette after 34 minutes due to an injury, in an eventual 2–0 home win.[3]

He scored his first goal for Lyon on 23 October 2015 as an 89th-minute substitute in a Ligue 1 match against Toulouse in a 3–0 home win.[4]

International career

Cornet was born in the Ivory Coast, and emigrated to France at a young age. He was a youth international for France at every level but declared for the Ivory Coast national team on 5 April 2017.[5] He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 May 2018[7]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2012–13 912000——111
2013–14 1401010——160
2014–15 000000——00
Total 23130100000271
Lyon 2014–15 40000000—40
2015–16 318332041004012
2016–17 3362210142105110
2017–18 294421081—427
Total 971897402641013729
Career total 12019127502641016430

International

As of match played 11 November 2017.[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 201751
Total51

International goals

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2017Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast3 Gabon1–21–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Communiqué du club" (in French). Olympique Lyon. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lyon vs. Metz - 27 January 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  5. ↑ https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Cote-d-ivoire-maxwell-cornet-et-seko-fofana-ont-choisi-de-jouer-pour-les-elephants/790457
  6. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/football/netherlands-vs-ivory-coast/teams/370285
  7. ↑ "Maxwel Cornet Socceway Profile". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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