Ibrahim Koné (footballer, born 1989)

Ibrahim Koné (born 5 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maltese Premier League club Hibernians. Born in the Ivory Coast, he represents Guinea at international level.

Ibrahim Koné
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim Koné
Date of birth (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hibernians
Number 24
Youth career
CF Excellence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 AS Denguélé
2008–2013 Boulogne 5 (0)
2014–2016 Tarbes 39 (0)
2016–2019 Pau 66 (0)
2020 Stade Bordelais 7 (0)
2020–2021 Żejtun Corinthians 3 (0)
2021– Hibernians 37 (0)
International career‡
2007 Ivory Coast U20 7 (0)
2018– Guinea 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:51, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Abidjan, Koné began his career with CF Excellence[1] and joined later AS Odienné in his native Ivory Coast. In January 2008, he was on trial for several weeks with Rosenborg BK in Trondheim and was with those in a trainings camp in Gran Canaria.[2] On 19 July 2008, he left AS Odienné and joined on trial Paris Saint-Germain,[3] but he later signed for US Boulogne.[4] Koné made his debut on 23 September 2009 against Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de la Ligue. He played all the 90 minutes on the field.

International career

Koné represented Ivory Coast at the 2007 Toulon Tournament and was voted as the best goalkeeper.[5] and was formerly the back-up keeper at 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.[6]

Of Guinean descent, Koné accepted a callup to represent the Guinea national football team on 25 April 2018.[7]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 14 July 2019[8]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201810
201940
Total50

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Les représentants africains".
  2. Myren, Thomas. "Rosenborg Web - English: News". www.rosenborg.info.
  3. PSG – Ibrahim Koné à l'essai Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Ibrahim KONE prolonge d'un a
  5. "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 2007". RSSSF.
  6. "Côte d'Ivoire – Peru 2005". Archived from the original on October 18, 2007.
  7. "Guinée : après Seka, 3 nouveaux binationaux disent oui - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com.
  8. Ibrahim Koné at National-Football-Teams.com


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