Manu Koné
_(cropped).jpg) Koné with Toulouse in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Emmanuel Kouadio Koné[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 2001[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Colombes, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Roma (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Villeneuve-la-Garenne | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Toulouse | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Toulouse B | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Toulouse | 50 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 79 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Roma (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | France U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U21 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 27 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Emmanuel "Manu" Kouadio Koné (born 17 May 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma on loan from Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the France national team.
Club career
[edit]Toulouse
[edit]Koné made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss to Dijon on 24 May 2019.[4]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
[edit]On 21 January 2021, Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach announced the signing of Koné on a deal running until 2025, while also confirming that he would finish the 2020–21 season at Toulouse.[5] The reported fee for the midfielder was €9 million.[6] After completing the move in the summer, Koné was given the number 17 jersey at Mönchengladbach. Upon signing for the new club, he stated that Gladbach was desperate to get him, and at some point, he could not say no: “They tried everything, and that impressed me”.[7] Koné scored his first goal for Gladbach in a 5–0 DFB-Pokal win over Bayern Munich on 27 October 2021.[8]
Koné was tied for most yellow cards in the 2022–23 season in the Bundesliga with Jeffrey Gouweleeuw of FC Augsburg, as they both accumulated 12 bookings over the course of the league competition.[9] Koné played a total of 30 league matches, scoring his only goal on 11 November 2022 in a 4–2 win against Borussia Dortmund, as Gladbach finished the season in the 10th position.
The beginning of Koné's 2023–24 season was disrupted by a knee injury, suffered while being on international duty in June.[10] Koné once again scored his only league goal against Dortmund, this time in a 4–2 loss on 25 November 2023. He was sidelined for another month after injuring his thigh playing an international friendly match on 28 March.[11]
Roma
[edit]On 30 August 2024, he moved to Italy, and joined Serie A club Roma for an €18 million estimated fee, signing a five-year contract. The deal is structured as a loan for the 2024–25 season, followed by an obligation to buy.[12]
International career
[edit]Koné is a youth international for France. He has competed at U18, U19 and U21 level.[13] Koné also represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal after losing 5–3 in the final against Spain.
Koné made his debut for the senior France national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Italy at the Parc des Princes. He substituted Youssouf Fofana in the 58th minute, France lost 1–3.[14]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Koné holds Ivorian and French nationalities.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 27 October 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toulouse B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||||
| Toulouse | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21[c] | Ligue 2 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3[d] | 1 | 42 | 5 | |||
| Total | 50 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 59 | 6 | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 86 | 6 | |||||
| Roma (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 155 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 173 | 14 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Koné was on loan at Toulouse for the second half of the 2020–21 season
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of match played 14 October 2024[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]France U23
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Toulouse. Manu Koné : son mental d'acier lui promet un bel avenir" [Toulouse. Manu Koné: his mentality of steel promises him a good future]. ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Koné". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Dijon FCO 2–1 Toulouse FC". Ligue 1. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Borussia sign Kouadio Koné and loan him out until the end of the season". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Gladbach sign Manu Koné for €9m - Get German Football News". www.getfootballnewsgermany.com. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Veth, Manuel. "Manu Koné: Could Leipzig Beat Out Top Clubs And Land The Gladbach Star?". Forbes. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b Manu Koné at Soccerway
- ^ "Bundesliga | Statistics 2022-2023 | Players | Yellow cards". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Manu Koné likely to be out until September with a knee injury - Get German Football News". www.getfootballnewsgermany.com. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Gjerulff, Rune (28 March 2024). "Koné ruled out for several weeks". Bundesliga News in English. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Manu Kone is a new giallorossi player". Roma. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Kouadio Koné". FFF (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "France v Italy game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Mercato - Officiel ! Kouadio Manu Koné s'engage en faveur du Borussia Mönchengladbach". allAfrica.fr. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Manu Koné". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
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- Manu Koné at the Borussia Mönchengladbach website
- Manu Koné at the Bundesliga website
- Manu Koné – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Manu Koné at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Manu Koné at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Kouadio Koné at LesViolets.com (in French)
- Manu Koné at WorldFootball.net
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