Bakari Koné

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Bakari Koné
Bakari Koné (Baky) .jpg
Personnel
birthday 17th September 1981
place of birth AbidjanIvory Coast
size 163 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1994-1999 ASEC Mimosas
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2002 ASEC Mimosas 84 (29)
2002-2003 Al-Ittihad 28 (11)
2003-2005 FC Lorient 68 (34)
2005-2008 OGC Nice 95 (34)
2008-2010 Olympique Marseille 53 (13)
2010– Lekhwiya 7 0(5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2004– Ivory Coast 41 (10)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: October 24, 2010

2 As of October 24, 2010

Bakari Koné , also Baky Koné , (born September 17, 1981 in Abidjan ) is an Ivorian football player . He plays in the position of a striker . He is currently part of the squad of the Ivorian national soccer team . Koné is 1.63 meters tall. Among the many small, agile players in the Ivory Coast, he is the fastest player with Arthur Boka . He also stands out with his strong long-range shots and crosses.

societies

For the 2003/04 season Koné moved to France for the Ligue 2 club FC Lorient ; Here he was the top scorer in Ligue 2 with 24 goals in his second season. Then Koné moved to OGC Nice , where he was the most successful goalscorer of his team in the 2007/08 season with 14 goals. For the 2008/09 season he was signed by the top French club Olympique Marseille for around 10 million euros . In June 2010 he signed a contract with the Qatari club Lekhwiya Sports Club .

National team

Bakari Koné made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team in 2004 in a 5-0 win against Sudan . Since then he has been used regularly. He was also on the squad for the 2006 African Championship . In this tournament, Koné was used in five games and scored the interim 1-0 for the Ivorians in the quarter-finals against Cameroon . He was also successful in the following penalty shootout from the penalty spot.

At the 2006 World Cup , Koné played as a substitute in two games and scored one of the most beautiful goals of the entire tournament in the game against the Netherlands , first with the ball behind two opposing defenders and then at full speed from a good 20 meters Distance to shoot against his own direction exactly into the left corner of the goal. Many experts describe this goal as the best single action in the competition.

successes

  • 2004/05 top scorer in Ligue 2 with 24 goals.

Private

Bakari Koné has two brothers who also play football: Arouna Koné plays for Everton FC , and Kemoko Koné plays for the reserve team from Roda Kerkrade .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Koné au Qatar (officiel) ( Memento of the original of June 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on francefootball.fr  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.francefootball.fr
  2. Ex-Hanoverian Arouna Kone follows coach Martinez to Everton on rp-online.de