Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)

Youssouf Koné
Koné with Lyon in October 2019
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Koné[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 JS Kabylie
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2011 JMG Academy Bamako
2011–2013 AS Bakaridjan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 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)
2023–2024 Molenbeek 9 (0)
2024– JS Kabylie 6 (0)
International career‡
2013–2015 Mali U20 11 (1)
2015– Mali 17 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ 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 JS Kabylie and the Mali national team.[2]

Club career

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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]

On 9 September 2024, Koné signed a 1-year contract, with JS Kabylie.[11]

International career

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Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2015.[12]

He then competes with his country twice in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 and 2019.

International career statistics

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As of match played on 14 November 2019[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2015 2 0
2016 4 0
2017 5 0
2018 0 0
2019 6 1
Total 17 1
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Koné goal.
List of international goals scored by Youssouf Koné[13]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 June 2019 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar  Cameroon 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

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Stade de Reims

Mali U20

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ Youssouf Koné at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Lille lose Youssouf Koné to Lyon for €9m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Youssouf Koné, octavo fichaje del Elche CF" [Youssouf Koné, eighth signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Youssouf Koné en prêt à Hatayspor" [Youssouf Koné On Loan At Hatayspor]. www.ol.fr (in French). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Youssouf Koné joins AC Ajaccio on loan". Lyon. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  10. ^ "RÉSILIATION DU CONTRAT DE YOUSSOUF KONÉ" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 28 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Youssouf Koné signe à la JS Kabylie". www.competition.dz (in French). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  12. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Youssouf Koné". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  14. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.
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