Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Youssouf Koné | ||
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 | Lille | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014 | Lille | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Lille B | 50 | (1) |
2014– | Lille | 5 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Reims (loan) | 18 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Mali | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:52, 17 July 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:06, 27 February 2018 (UTC) |
Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian footballer who plays for French side Lille OSC as a left-back.[1]
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. The full-season loan contract was terminated early when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ^ "Mali - Y. Koné - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- ^ "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- ^ "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- ^ "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
External links
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bamako
- Malian expatriates in France
- Association football defenders
- Malian footballers
- Mali international footballers
- Malian expatriate footballers
- Lille OSC players
- Stade de Reims players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players