Bakary Koné

For Ivorian footballer, see Bakari Koné.

Bakary Koné

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-04-27) 27 April 1988
Place of birth	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Lyon
Number	4
Youth career
2002–2004	CFTPK Abidjan
2004–2005	Étoile Filante
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Étoile Filante	37	(1)
2006–2008	Guingamp B	25	(1)
2006–2011	Guingamp	101	(5)
2011–	Lyon	86	(6)
2011–2014	Lyon B	3	(0)
International career‡
2010–	Burkina Faso	52	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:25, 18 January 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2015

Bakary Koné (French pronunciation: ​[bakaʁi kɔne], born 27 April 1988 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a central defender for French club Lyon.

Career

Early career

Koné played on youth side for CFTPK Abidjan and joined in 2004 to Etoile Filante.

Senior career

He began his professional career in 2005 with Etoile Filante and signed in July 2006 with En Avant Guingamp. He played his first game for En Avant Guingamp on 11 May 2007 against Tours FC in the Ligue 2. He joined Lyon on 11 August 2011 and signed a five-year deal for €3.8 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal with Lyon in the champions league play-offs against Rubin Kazan on 24 August 2011. He scored his second goal, again in Champion's League in group stage against Dinamo Zagreb on 27 September of the same year.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Guingamp	2006–07	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	2	0
	2007–08	9	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	10	0
	2008–09	32	1	7	2	2	0	-	-	41	3
	2009–10	31	1	1	0	3	0	-	-	34	1
	2010–11	36	5	1	0	3	0	-	-	40	5
	2011–12	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	2	0
	Total	112	7	9	2	8	0	-	-	129	9
Lyon	2011–12	28	2	4	0	0	0	9	2	41	4
	2012–13	14	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	21	1
	2013–14	24	2	3	0	3	0	14	0	44	2
	2014–15	17	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	22	1
	2015–16	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
	Total	86	6	8	0	9	0	33	2	138	8
Career Total		198	13	17	2	17	0	33	2	257	17

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 December 2015.

Honours

Club

Guingamp

• Coupe de France (1): 2008–09

Lyon

• Coupe de France (1): 2011–12

External links

• Bakary Koné – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Bakary Koné at National-Football-Teams.com
• L`Equipe profile