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 | 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]
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]
Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016. [11]
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 |
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 |
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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 | 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
| ||||||||||||||
*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]
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]
Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016. [11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Mali | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 | |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 1 |
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 |
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