Randal Kolo Muani

Randal Kolo Muani (born 5 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the France national team.

Kolo Muani began his professional career at Nantes, where he scored 23 goals in 87 first-team appearances and won the Coupe de France. In 2022, he joined German club Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer. He went on to score 26 goals in 50 matches in one year at the club before returning to France with Paris Saint-Germain in a €75 million deal.

Kolo Muani played youth international football for France at under-21 and Olympic levels. He made his senior international debut in September 2022, and was a member of the France squad that were runners-up at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Randal Kolo Muani was born on 5 December 1998 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, to parents born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. He holds both French and Congolese nationalities. He acquired French nationality on 3 September 2008, through the effect of his parents' naturalization.

Club career

Nantes

In his childhood, Kolo Muani played for several Parisian teams, including Villepinte, Tremblay and Torcy. During the same period, he also trained with Italian teams Vicenza and Cremonese, before joining Nantes' youth academy in 2015. Kolo Muani received his first call-up to the Nantes first team on 12 February 2017, for a match against Marseille and on 4 June 2018, he signed his first professional contract with his childhood club, Nantes. He made his professional debut in a 3–0 Ligue 1 loss to Saint-Étienne on 30 November 2018. On 21 January 2019, he made his first start in a 1–0 loss to Angers.