Quick Facts
Biography
Bakary Koné (French pronunciation: [bakaʁi kɔne], born 27 April 1988 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Málaga CF.
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. Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Koné played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes. 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.
On 27 June 2016, Koné signed a three-year deal with La Liga side Málaga CF.
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: 2008–09
- Lyon
- Coupe de France: 2011–12
- ^ French Cup final - Evian v Bordeaux as it happened, Live text commentary, BBC.co.uk, Retrieved 2013-08-18