Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)

Youssouf Koné
	Koné with Lyon in October 2019
Personal information
Full name	Youssouf Koné
Date of birth	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
2013–2019	Lille
2017–2018	→ Reims (loan)
2019–2023	Lyon
2020–2021	→ Elche (loan)
2021	→ Hatayspor (loan)
2021–2022	→ Troyes (loan)
2022–2023	→ Ajaccio (loan)
2023–2024	Molenbeek
2024–	JS Kabylie
International career‡
2013–2015	Mali U20
2015–	Mali
Medal record
Representing Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:36, 21 December 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

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

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

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

Stade de Reims

Ligue 2: 2017–18

Mali U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze medal: 2015^[14]

References

^ "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.
^ Youssouf Koné at Soccerway
^ "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "Lille lose Youssouf Koné to Lyon for €9m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "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.
^ ^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.
^ "Youssouf Koné joins AC Ajaccio on loan". Lyon. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "RÉSILIATION DU CONTRAT DE YOUSSOUF KONÉ" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 28 August 2023.
^ "Youssouf Koné signe à la JS Kabylie". www.competition.dz (in French). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Youssouf Koné". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.

External links

[FIFA_U-20_2013-1] "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.

[soccerway-2] Youssouf Koné at Soccerway

[soccerway2-3] "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

[soccerway3-4] "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.

[:0-8] "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.

[NFT-13] "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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