Mamadou Koné
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamadou Koné | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Bingerville, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Leganés | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bingerville | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Racing B | 30 | (12) |
| 2011–2016 | Racing Santander | 91 | (30) |
| 2015–2016 | → Oviedo (loan) | 34 | (5) |
| 2016– | Leganés | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2016. | |||
Mamadou Koné (born 25 December 1991) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Spanish club CD Leganés as a forward.
Football career
Born in Bingerville, Koné was a youth product of local ES Bingerville. He moved to Racing de Santander in 2010 at the age of 18, for just €240,000, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[1] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 15 October 2011, starting in a 0–3 away loss against FC Barcelona.[2]
Koné was definitely promoted to the Cantabrians' main squad for the 2012–13 season. He scored five goals in 36 Segunda División appearances, and the club suffered a second consecutive relegation; his first came on 22 September 2012, the only at CD Mirandés.[3]
Koné scored 18 goals in the 2013–14 campaign, helping to a return to the second level at the first attempt. On 17 February 2015, as he again was team top scorer, he suffered a serious knee injury, being sidelined for six months.[4]
On 18 August 2015, Koné moved to fellow league team Real Oviedo in a one-year loan deal, with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[5] On 25 August of the following year, he signed a permanent five-year contract with CD Leganés in the top tier.[6]
References
- ↑ Koné, el delantero inesperado (Koné, the unexpected forward); El Diario Montañés, 16 October 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Messi brace sets up victory; ESPN Soccernet, 15 October 2011
- ↑ Koné y los '300' de Anduva (Koné and Anduva's '300'); El Diario Montañés, 23 September 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Koné se pierde lo que queda de temporada (Koné misses the remainder of the season); Marca, 17 February 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Koné, nuevo jugador del Real Oviedo (Koné, new player of Real Oviedo); Real Oviedo, 18 August 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Mamadou Koné, velocidad y pegada para la delantera del Leganés (Mamadou Koné, speed and strike to the attack of Leganés); CD Leganés, 25 August 2016 (Spanish)
External links
- Racing official profile (Spanish)
- Mamadou Koné profile at BDFutbol
- Mamadou Koné profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Mamadou Koné profile at Soccerway