Bakary Koné’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Burkinabé footballer
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From Burkina Faso
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

27 April 1988, Ouagadougou

Age 32 years

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.

Career

Early career

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

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. Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Koné played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes. He joined Lyon on 11 August 2011 and signed a five-year deal for €3.8 million transfer fee. 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.

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guingamp 2006–07 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2007–08 9 0 0 0 1 0 – – 10 0
2008–09 32 1 7 2 2 0 – – 41 3
2009–10 31 1 1 0 3 0 – – 34 1
2010–11 36 5 1 0 3 0 – – 40 5
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 112 7 9 2 8 0 – – 129 9
Lyon 2011–12 28 2 4 0 0 0 9 2 41 4
2012–13 14 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 21 1
2013–14 24 2 3 0 3 0 14 0 44 2
2014–15 17 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 22 1
2015–16 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
Total 86 6 8 0 9 0 33 2 138 8
Career Total 198 13 17 2 17 0 33 2 257 17
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 December 2015.

Honours

Club

Guingamp
  • Coupe de France: 2008–09
Lyon
  • Coupe de France: 2011–12
  • ^ French Cup final – Evian v Bordeaux as it happened, Live text commentary, BBC.co.uk, Retrieved 2013-08-18
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