Manu Koné
French footballer (born 2001)
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- 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.
- Club career Toulouse Koné made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss to Dijon on 24 May 2019.
- The reported fee for the midfielder was €9 million.
- 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".
- 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.
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
Koné was born in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, and holds Ivorian and French nationalities.
Club career
Toulouse
Koné made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss to Dijon on 24 May 2019.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
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. The reported fee for the midfielder was €9 million. 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". Koné scored his first goal for Gladbach in a 5–0 DFB-Pokal win over Bayern Munich on 27 October 2021.
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. 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.
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