2015 AFRICA CUP - GROUP BY GROUP

facts & stats

19 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - GROUP A - DAY 01 - BURKINA FASO vs GABON 0:2

Gabon began their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a win over 2013 runners-up Burkina Faso to go top of Group A

17 Jan 2015
AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2015 - DRAW COMPLETED

draw for Confederation Cup held

26 Dec 2014
AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - DRAW COMPLETED

preliminary round draw

24 Dec 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP - BURKINA FASO - TRAORE BROTHERS IN SQUAD

Burkina Faso coach Paul Put has included brothers Alain and Bertrand Traore in a preliminary 24-man squad for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals.

23 Dec 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 6TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals 

19 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 5TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.

16 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

16 Oct 2014

Bakary Koné
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Personal information
Date of birth
27 April 1988
Place of birth
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position
Centre back

Club information
Current team

Strasbourg (on loan from Málaga)

 

Burkina Faso
Ankaragucu
Article 01
Article 02
Article 03


Youth career

CFTPK Abidjan
2002-2004

Étoile Filante
2004-2005


Senior career

Étoile Filante
2005-2006
37x apps / 1x goals

Guingamp B
2006-2008
25x apps / 1x goals

Guingamp
2006-2011
101x apps / 5x goals

Lyon
2011-2016
89x apps / 6x goals

Málaga
2016-
7x apps / 0x goals

→ Strasbourg (loan)
2017-2018
28x apps / 1x goals

Ankaragucu
2018-
0x apps / 0x goals


National team

Burkina Faso
2006-
76x apps / 0x goals

(Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2017 (UTC). National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2017)


Bakary Koné is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a central defender for French club Strasbourg on loan from Málaga CF.


Career

Early career

Koné played on youth side for CFTPK Abidjan and joined in 2004 to Etoile Filante.[2]

 

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.

On 26 August 2017, he moved to Ligue 1 side RC Strasbourg on a season-long loan.

On 28 July 2018, Koné terminated his contract with the Andalusians.