Randal Kolo Muani
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Randal Kolo Muani | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Villepinte FC | ||
2010–2011 | Tremblay FC | ||
2011–2015 | Torcy | ||
2015–2018 | Nantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Nantes B | 62 | (17) |
2018–2022 | Nantes | 79 | (21) |
2019–2020 | → Boulogne (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2022– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2020–2021 | France U21 | 7 | (1) |
2021 | France Olympic | 4 | (1) |
2022– | France | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:54, 14 December 2022 (UTC) |
Randal Kolo Muani (born 5 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the France national team.
Early life
Randal Kolo Muani[2] was born on 5 December 1998 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis.[3] He is of Congolese descent.[4]
Club career
Nantes
Kolo Muani played for various clubs near Paris, before moving to Nantes' youth academy in 2015.[5] On 4 June 2018, he signed his first professional contract with his youth club Nantes.[6] He made his professional debut in a 3–0 Ligue 1 loss to Saint-Étienne on 30 November 2018.[7]
In August 2019, Kolo Muani joined Boulogne on a season-long loan deal.[8]
Eintracht Frankfurt
On 4 March 2022, Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt signed Kolo Muani on a pre-contract agreement ahead of the expiration of his Nantes contract.[9] He signed a five-year deal with the club.[10] On 26 October 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–1 win over Marseille.[11] On 1 November, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 away victory over Sporting CP, to qualify his club to the knockout phase for the first time in the Champions League era.[12]
International career
Kolo Muani was a youth international for France. He has previously played matches for his country's under-21 national team.[13]
On 15 September 2022, Kolo Muani received his first call-up to the France national team, for two UEFA Nations League matches.[14] On 16 November 2022, he replaced Christopher Nkunku in France's FIFA World Cup squad after the latter was forced to withdraw due to injury.[15][16] On 14 December, Kolo Muani scored his first goal for France, in the semi-final match against Morocco, slotting in a deflected shot from Kylian Mbappé.[17] He also became the third fastest player to score a goal as a substitute in the World Cup, after 44 seconds, only behind Richard Morales and Ebbe Sand.[17][18]
"His strength is his speed, that's why I brought him. It's great for him and for the team."
—Didier Deschamps, after FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final.[19][20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 November 2022[21]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nantes B | 2015–16 | CFA | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | CFA | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | 21 | 8 | ||||
2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 21 | 6 | — | — | — | 21 | 6 | ||||
2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||||
2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 62 | 17 | — | — | — | 62 | 17 | |||||
Nantes | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 1 | 40 | 10 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 41 | 13 | |||
Total | 79 | 21 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 87 | 23 | |||
Boulogne (loan) | 2019–20 | Championnat National | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6[b] | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 23 | 8 |
Career total | 169 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 51 |
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
International
- As of match played 14 December 2022[22]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2022 | 4 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 1 |
- As of match played 14 December 2022
- France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kolo Muani goal[22]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 14 December 2022 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar | 4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup | [23] |
Honours
Nantes
References
- ^ "Randal Kolo Muani". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Randal Kolo Muani". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Football (National): Vahid, Mbappe, le Congo, la fusée Randal Kolo Muani se confie". La Voix du Nord (in French). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Nantes, FC. "Formation – Randal Kolo-Muani, Made In FC Nantes". www.fcnantes.com.
- ^ Nantes, FC. "Effectif – Randal KOLO MUANI jusqu'en 2022". www.fcnantes.com.
- ^ "AS Saint-Etienne – FC Nantes (3–0) – Saison 2018/2019 – Ligue 1 Conforama". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "Football: Boulogne se fait prêter le Nantais Kolo Muani" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Eintracht holt Stürmer Kolo Muani". kicker (in German). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Official | Eintracht Frankfurt sign Randal Kolo-Muani". Get German Football News. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Randal Kolo Muani: The Bundesliga's top creator". DW. 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Randal Kolo Muani: the Bundesliga assist king leading Eintracht Frankfurt to UEFA Champions League knockouts". Bundesliga. 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Randal Kolo Muani". Fédération Française de Football (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Dicks, Jonathan (15 September 2022). "Kolo Muani called up to France squad". Bulinews. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Kolo Muani replaces injured Nkunku in France's World Cup squad". Reuters. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Coupe du monde 2022 : Randal Kolo Muani remplace Christopher Nkunku, blessé, au sein de l'équipe de France". Le Monde (in French). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Der Joker sticht: Kolo Muani trifft mit erstem Ballkontakt". FAZ.NET (in German). dpa. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "France bring Morocco's adventure to an end and reach World Cup final". Guardian. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Deschamps: Joker Thuram und Kolo Muani "großartig fürs Team"". Süddeutsche.de (in German). dpa. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Hellmann, Frank (15 December 2022). "Mitten im Traum". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "R. Kolo Muani". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Randal Kolo Muani". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "France vs. Morocco 2–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 – 2022 – FINALE". French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
External links
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- Profile at the Eintracht Frankfurt website
- Randal Kolo Muani at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Randal Kolo Muani – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bondy
- Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
- French footballers
- Association football forwards
- US Torcy players
- FC Nantes players
- US Boulogne players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- France under-21 international footballers
- Olympic footballers of France
- France international footballers
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Black French sportspeople
- French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent