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Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French Ligue 1 club Ajaccio, on loan from Lyon, and the Mali national team.[1]

Youssouf Koné

Koné with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Ajaccio (on loan from Lyon)
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–	Lyon	11	(0)
2020–2021	→ Elche (loan)	3	(0)
2021	→ Hatayspor (loan)	6	(0)
2021–2022	→ Troyes (loan)	21	(0)
2022–	→ Ajaccio (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2015–	Mali	17	(1)
Honours Representing  Mali FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

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.[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 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.[4]

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.[5] On 29 September of the following year, after just 11 league appearances, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche for one year.[6] On 1 February 2021, Elche and Lyon, agreed to terminate the loan of Koné, due to a lack of playing time.[7] On the same day, Koné was loaned to Turkish club Hatayspor.[7]

On 30 August 2022, Lyon announced Koné's loan to Ajaccio for the 2022–23 season.[8]

International career

Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played on 14 November 2019[10]

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[10]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 June 2019	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	Cameroon	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Honors

Mali U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze:2015[11]

References

External links

• Youssouf Koné at BDFutbol
• Eurosport profile
• ESPN profile

На других языках

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[de] Youssouf Koné

Youssouf Koné (* 5. Juli 1995 in Bamako) ist ein malischer Fußballspieler, der seit 2019 bei Olympique Lyon unter Vertrag steht und aktuell an den AC Ajaccio ausgeliehen ist.

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- [en] Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)

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[fr] Youssouf Koné

Youssouf Koné, né le 5 juillet 1995 à Bamako au Mali, est un footballeur international malien. Il évolue au poste d'arrière gauche à l'ES Troyes AC prêté par l'Olympique lyonnais.

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[it] Youssouf Koné

Youssouf Koné (Bamako, 5 luglio 1995) è un calciatore maliano, difensore del Troyes in prestito dall'Olympique Lione.

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[ru] Коне, Юссуф (футболист, 1995)

Юссу́ф Коне́ (фр. Youssouf Koné; род. 5 июля 1995[1], Бамако) — малийский футболист, левый защитник французского клуба «Лион», выступающий на правах аренды за «Аяччо» и сборной Мали[2].

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