Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)

Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays for French side Olympique Lyonnais and the Mali national team as a left-back.[1]

Youssouf Koné
Koné with Lille B in April 2015
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Koné
Date of birth (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 28
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– Lyon 11 (0)
National team‡
2015– Mali 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:28, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Koné is a youth team graduate from Lille OSC. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 2 March 2014 in a 2–3 away win against AC Ajaccio.[2] His second appearance came on 12 April 2014, a league game against Valenciennes.[3]

Koné spent the first half of the 2017–18 season at Ligue 2 side Stade de 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.[4]

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 PSG.

On 3 July 2019, he signed a contract with Olympique Lyonnais. The fee was estimated at €9 million.[5]

International career

Koné debuted for the Mali national football team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of match played on 14 November 2019[7]
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201520
201640
201750
201800
201961
Total171

International goals
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2019Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar Cameroon1–01–1Friendly

Honors

Mali U20

References
  1. "Mali - Y. Koné - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. "Lille lose Youssouf Koné to Lyon for €9m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "Youssouf Koné". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  8. https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/newzealand2015/teams/team=1888280/index.html
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