Maxwel Cornet
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Bregbo, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, full-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Burnley | ||
Number | 20 | ||
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 II | 3 | (3) |
2015–2021 | Lyon | 184 | (31) |
2021– | Burnley | 5 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
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 | 23 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:55, 30 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC) |
Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger and full-back for Premier League club Burnley and the Ivory Coast national team.
Club career
Metz
Cornet is a youth exponent from Metz. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 August 2013 against Laval. He replaced Yeni Ngbakoto after 79 minutes in a 1–0 home victory.[2]
Lyon
On 16 January 2015, Cornet signed for the Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
In January 2020, Cornet was tested at left back position by Lyon's coach Rudi Garcia following the injuries of Youssouf Koné and Fernando Marçal. After his good performances, he became the club's starting left-back for the rest of the season. On 15 August 2020, Cornet scored one goal against Manchester City in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals which Lyon won 3–1 and progressed to the semi-finals.[6]
Burnley
On 29 August 2021, Cornet signed for Premier League club Burnley for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.[7] On 18 September, he made his Burnley debut as a substitute, replacing Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson in a 1–0 defeat against Arsenal.[8] Cornet scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Leicester City on 25 September.[9]
International career
Cornet was born in 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.[10] He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 October 2021
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metz | 2012–13[12] | Championnat National | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
2013–14[12] | Ligue 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2014–15[12] | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
Lyon | 2014–15[12] | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2015–16[12] | Ligue 1 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | |
2016–17[12] | Ligue 1 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14[d] | 2 | 1[e] | 0 | 51 | 10 | |
2017–18[12] | Ligue 1 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[f] | 1 | — | 43 | 7 | ||
2018–19[12] | Ligue 1 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 3 | — | 36 | 12 | ||
2019–20[12] | Ligue 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8[c] | 1 | — | 38 | 6 | ||
2020–21[12] | Ligue 1 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 39 | 4 | ||||
2021–22[12] | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 184 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 252 | 51 | ||
Burnley | 2021–22[12] | Premier League | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 4 | ||
Career total | 212 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 286 | 56 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 6 September 2021[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ivory Coast | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
2018 | 3 | 1 | |
2019 | 11 | 2 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 4 |
- As of match played 6 September 2021
- Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first[13]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 September 2017 | Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast | 3 | Gabon | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 12 October 2018 | Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast | 6 | Central African Republic | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3 | 23 March 2019 | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 9 | Rwanda | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4 | 1 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 15 | Namibia | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
References
- ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013". Soccerway. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Communiqué du club" (in French). Olympique Lyon. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Lyon vs. Metz - 27 January 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Lyon stun Man City in Champions League". BBC Sport. 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Burnley sign Maxwel Cornet from Lyon on five-year deal". Sky Sports. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ James, Alex (18 September 2021). "Sean Dyche delivers his Maxwel Cornet verdict as Burnley debutant makes mark in Arsenal defeat". LancsLive. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "PL Report: Leicester City 2–2 Burnley". Burnley F.C. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : Maxwel Cornet et Seko Fofana ont choisi de jouer pour les Eléphants". L'Équipe (in French). 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Starting Lineups - Netherlands vs Ivory Coast". Sky Sports. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Maxwel Cornet at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
External links
- Maxwel Cornet at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Maxwel Cornet – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- France under-21 international footballers
- Ivorian footballers
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Association football forwards
- FC Metz players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Championnat National players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French people of Ivorian descent
- Ivorian emigrants to France
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in England