Youssouf Kone

Youssouf Kone (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French club Troyes, on loan from Lyon, and the Mali national team.

Club Career

Kone is a youth team graduate from Lille. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 2 March 2014 in a 2–3 away win against AC Ajaccio. His second appearance came on 12 April 2014, a league game against Valenciennes.

Kone 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.

Following the departures of both Fode Ballo-Toure to Monaco and Hamza Mendyl to Schalke 04, Kone 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. On 29 September of the following year, after just 11 league appearances, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche for one year. On 1 February 2021, Elche CF and Lyon, agreed to terminate the loan of Kone, due to a lack of playing time. On the same day, Kone was loaned to Turkish club Hatayspor.

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