| Youssouf Koné | |
| Full Name: | Youssouf Koné[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Bamako, Mali |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Molenbeek |
| Clubnumber: | 99 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Lille |
| Years1: | 2014 |
| Clubs1: | Lille B |
| Caps1: | 58 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2014–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Lille |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Reims (loan) |
| Caps3: | 18 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Lyon |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Elche (loan) |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Hatayspor (loan) |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Troyes (loan) |
| Caps7: | 21 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs8: | → Ajaccio (loan) |
| Caps8: | 13 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2023– |
| Clubs9: | Molenbeek |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam1: | Mali |
| Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 28 March 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC) |
Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgian Pro League club Molenbeek and the Mali national team.
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.
On 30 August 2022, Lyon announced Koné's loan to Ajaccio for the 2022–23 season.[8]
On 28 August 2023, Koné terminated his contract with Lyon following a mutual consent, and joined Molenbeek on a 1-year contract.[9]
Koné debuted for the Mali national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016.[10]
| 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.
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