Bakary Koné

For Ivorian footballer, see Bakari Koné.
Bakary Koné
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Málaga
Number 2
Youth career
2002–2004 CFTPK Abidjan
2004–2005 Étoile Filante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Étoile Filante 37 (1)
2006–2008 Guingamp B 25 (1)
2006–2011 Guingamp 101 (5)
2011–2016 Lyon 89 (6)
2016– Málaga 5 (0)
National team
2006–[1] Burkina Faso 52 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2015

Bakary Koné (French pronunciation: [bakaʁi kɔne], born 27 April 1988 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Málaga CF.[2]

Career

Early career

Koné played on youth side for CFTPK Abidjan and joined in 2004 to Etoile Filante.[3]

Senior career

He began his professional career in 2005 with Etoile Filante and signed in July 2006 with En Avant Guingamp. He played his first game for En Avant Guingamp on 11 May 2007 against Tours FC in the Ligue 2.[4] Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Koné played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes.[5] He joined Lyon on 11 August 2011 and signed a five-year deal for 3.8 million transfer fee.[6] He scored his first goal with Lyon in the champions league play-offs against Rubin Kazan on 24 August 2011. He scored his second goal, again in Champion's League in group stage against Dinamo Zagreb on 27 September of the same year.

On 27 June 2016, Koné signed a three-year deal with La Liga side Málaga CF.[7]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guingamp 2006–07 200000--20
2007–08 900010--100
2008–09 3217220--413
2009–10 3111030--341
2010–11 3651030--405
2011–12 200000--20
Total 11279280--1299
Lyon 2011–12 282400092414
2012–13 141101050211
2013–14 2423030140442
2014–15 171100040221
2015–16 3030201090
Total 86680903321388
Career Total 1981317217033225717
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 December 2015.

Honours

Club

Guingamp
Lyon

References

  1. Burkina Faso - Senegal 1:0, 7 October 2006, CAF Nations Cup Qualifying 2008, Footballdatabase.eu
  2. Bakary Koné, de l'OL à Malaga ! (officiel)‚ lequipe.fr, 27 June 2016
  3. Fiche - Bakary Koné - EA Guingamp - né en 1988 on www.espoirsdufootball.com
  4. Match Report Guingamp - Tours 3 - 1 on www.foot-national.com
  5. "Stade Rennes vs Guingamp". espn.co.uk. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. http://www.actusnewswire.com/documents/ACTUS-0-4304-OL-DDR-2010-2011-GB-version-070312-VDEF.pdf
  7. "Central defender Bakary Koné strengthens the Málaga CF defence". Málaga CF. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  8. 1 2 French Cup final - Evian v Bordeaux as it happened, Live text commentary, BBC.co.uk, Retrieved 2013-08-18

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