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Manu Koné
Koné with Toulouse in 2019
Personal information
Full name Kouadio Emmanuel Boris Koné[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Colombes, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma
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)
2021–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach 79 (4)
2024–2025 → Roma (loan) 34 (2)
2025– Roma 0 (0)
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 8 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA Nations League
Third place 2025 Germany Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2025

Kouadio Emmanuel Boris Koné (born 17 May 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the France national team.

Early and personal life

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Koné was born in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine,[2] and holds Ivorian and French nationalities.[4]

Club career

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Toulouse

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Koné made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss to Dijon on 24 May 2019.[5]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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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.[6] The reported fee for the midfielder was €9 million.[7] 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”.[8] Koné scored his first goal for Gladbach in a 5–0 DFB-Pokal win over Bayern Munich on 27 October 2021.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

Roma

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On 30 August 2024, Koné moved to Italy, and joined Serie A club Roma for an €18 million estimated fee, signing a five-year contract. The deal was structured as a loan for the 2024–25 season, followed by an obligation to buy.[13] Koné made his debut for the Gialorossi two days later, on 1 September, as a substitute in the 0–0 draw against Juventus. He made his first start for his new team on 15 September in a 1–1 draw against Genoa. On 27 October, he scored his first goal for Roma in a 5–1 loss against Fiorentina in the Serie A.[14]

Koné quickly established himself as an indispensable figure in Roma's midfield, with particularly notable performances in the UEFA Europa League, where he delivered standout displays, such as in the 3–0 victory over SC Braga on 12 December, where he registered an assist, made 7 key passes, and completed 46 out of 51 passes.[15] After Roma finished fifth in the Serie A for the 2024–25 season, after a late surge under new manager Claudio Ranieri, Koné described the season as "complicated", lamenting the fact that the club changed three coaches during the season: Daniele De Rossi, Ivan Jurić and Ranieri.[16]

International career

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Koné represented France as a youth international, competing at the U18, U19 and U21 level.[17] Koné was also a member of France's team 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 of a 3–1 loss for France.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 May 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 34 2 1 0 — 10[e] 0 — 45 2
Career total 182 10 12 3 2 1 10 0 3 1 209 15
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Koné was on loan at Toulouse for the second half of the 2020–21 season
  4. ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 8 June 2025[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2024 4 0
2025 4 0
Total 8 0

Honours

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France U23

France

Orders

References

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  1. ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Kouadio Manu Koné". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Koné". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Mercato - Officiel ! Kouadio Manu Koné s'engage en faveur du Borussia Mönchengladbach". allAfrica.fr. 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Dijon FCO 2–1 Toulouse FC". Ligue 1. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Borussia sign Kouadio Koné and loan him out until the end of the season". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Gladbach sign Manu Koné for €9m - Get German Football News". www.getfootballnewsgermany.com. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ^ Veth, Manuel. "Manu Koné: Could Leipzig Beat Out Top Clubs And Land The Gladbach Star?". Forbes. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b Manu Koné at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Bundesliga | Statistics 2022-2023 | Players | Yellow cards". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Gjerulff, Rune (28 March 2024). "Koné ruled out for several weeks". Bundesliga News in English. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Manu Kone is a new giallorossi player". Roma. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Serie A | Fiorentina 5-1 Roma: Viola destroy sorry Giallorossi". football-italia.net. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  15. ^ "The numbers behind Manu Koné's stellar performance vs SC Braga". romapress.net. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Manu Kone on his first season at Roma: "It was complicated."". romapress.net. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Kouadio Koné". FFF (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  18. ^ "France v Italy game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Manu Koné". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Germany 0-2 France report: Kylian Mbappé scores landmark goal as Les Bleus clinch Nations League third place". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 23 September 2024 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2024 (227). 24 September 2024. PRER2420330D. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
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