Seydou Koné (footballer, born 1983)

Seydou Koné
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-28) 28 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Marcory, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Omness De Dabou
Stade d'Abidjan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 RC Kadiogo
2007–2009 Botoșani
2008–2009 → Internațional Curtea de Argeș (loan)
2009–2010 União Leiria 1 (0)
2010–2011 Pau 29 (22)
2011–2013 Nîmes 55 (27)
2013–2014 Uzès Pont du Gard 14 (6)
2014 Istres 10 (2)
2014–2016 Chamois Niortais 64 (18)
2016–2017 Laval 11 (0)
2017 → CA Bastia (loan) 7 (0)
2018 SC Manduel
2018–2022 Le Grau-du-Roi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seydou Koné (born 28 February 1983) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]

Career

Born in Marcory, Ivory Coast, Koné played youth football in his native country before starting his senior career in Burkina Faso with Racing Club Kadiogo, where he spent five seasons.[citation needed] After spells in Romania with Botoșani and Internațional Curtea, he moved to Portugal in 2009 to join União Leiria. Koné made just one appearance for the club before transferring to French side Pau FC the following summer.[citation needed] He signed a two-year contract with Nîmes in 2011 after spending one season with Pau and leading the Championnat de France amateur in goals.[2]

Koné spent two years with Nîmes before transferring to Uzès Pont du Gard ahead of the 2013–14 season, and six months later he was on the move again, joining Istres.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[citation needed]
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
União de Leiria 2009–10 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Pau 2010–11 CFA 29 22 1 0 — 30 22
Nîmes 2011–12 National 30 21 1 1 1 0 32 22
2012–13 Ligue 2 25 6 2 4 0 0 27 10
Total 55 27 3 5 1 0 59 32
Uzès Pont du Gard 2013–14 National 14 6 0 0 — 14 6
Istres 2013–14 Ligue 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2
Niort 2014–15 Ligue 2 35 15 2 0 1 2 38 17
2015–16 Ligue 2 29 3 4 3 1 1 34 7
Total 64 18 6 3 2 3 72 24
Laval 2016–17 Ligue 2 11 0 3 0 2 1 16 1
Laval B 2016–17 CFA 2 1 0 — — 1 0
CA Bastia (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 192 75 13 8 6 4 211 87

Honours

Nîmes

References

  1. ^ "Seydou Koné". Foot-National.com. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Seydou Koné à Nîmes" (in French). La République des Pyrénées. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.