Jules Koundé

Jules Olivier Koundé (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ɔlivje kunde]; born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.

Jules Koundé
Koundé with Bordeaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jules Olivier Koundé[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 23
Youth career
2004–2009 Fraternelle Landiras
2009–2010 Cérons
2010–2013 La Brède
2013–2018 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Bordeaux B 29 (1)
2017–2019 Bordeaux 55 (2)
2019–2022 Sevilla 95 (5)
2022– Barcelona 38 (2)
International career‡
2018 France U20 1 (0)
2020–2021 France U21 8 (1)
2021– France 23 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2022 Qatar
UEFA Nations League
Winner2021 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Club career

Bordeaux

Koundé started in his first team debut for Bordeaux in the 2–1 Coupe de France away loss to US Granville in the round of 64 on 7 January 2018, playing the full 90 minutes of normal time and the full 30 minutes of extra time.[3] He started in his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux in a 1–0 away win over Troyes on 13 January 2018.[4] On 10 February 2018, Koundé scored the opening goal of a 3–2 Ligue 1 home win over Amiens; it was his first career Ligue 1 goal and his first competitive goal for Bordeaux's first team.[5]

Sevilla

On 3 July 2019, he signed for Spanish club Sevilla. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €25 million.[6] In his first season at Sevilla, he helped the club win the UEFA Europa League for a record sixth time and was named in the competition's team of the season.[7][8]

Barcelona

On 29 July 2022, Barcelona announced an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of Koundé.[9] Koundé missed Barcelona's first match of the La Liga season against Rayo Vallecano as the club could not register him as they were over the league's salary cap limit.[10] He also missed Barcelona's second league match against Real Sociedad on 21 August for the same reason.[11] Kounde was registered with La Liga on 26 August[12] and made his official debut for the club two days later in a 4–0 win over Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou.[13]

International career

On 18 May 2021, Koundé was selected by Didier Deschamps as part of the 26 players that formed the France national team for UEFA Euro 2020.[14] He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a friendly against Wales, substituting Benjamin Pavard at half-time.[15]

On 10 October 2021, Koundé started in France's win over Spain in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Final.[16]

Personal life

Koundé is half Beninese and half French.[17][18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux II 2015–16 CFA 80————80
2016–17 CFA 2 151————151
2017–18 National 3 60————60
Total 291————291
Bordeaux 2017–18 Ligue 1 182100000—192
2018–19 Ligue 1 370103010[lower-alpha 3]2—512
Total 5522030102—704
Sevilla 2019–20 La Liga 29121—9[lower-alpha 3]0—402
2020–21 La Liga 34271—7[lower-alpha 4]11[lower-alpha 5]0494
2021–22 La Liga 32231—9[lower-alpha 6]0—443
Total 955123—251101339
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 29140—5[lower-alpha 7]02[lower-alpha 8]0401
2023–24 La Liga 9100—2000111
Total 38240—7020512
Career total 21710183304233028316
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  6. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. Appearance in Supercopa de España

International
As of match played 12 September 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202170
2022110
202350
Total230

Honours

Sevilla

Barcelona

France

Individual

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 15 de septiembre de 2019, en Vitoria-Gasteiz" [Minutes of the Match held on 15 September 2019, in Vitoria-Gasteiz] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. "Kounde | 2022/2023 player page | Defender". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. "Granville vs. Bordeaux – 7 January 2018". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. "ESTAC Troyes / Girondins de Bordeaux". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  5. "Bordeaux continue to fly under Poyet". Ligue 1. 10 February 2018.
  6. "Sevilla break club record". Football España. 3 July 2019.
  7. Wilkinson, Jack (21 August 2020). "Sevilla 3–2 Inter Milan: Sevilla edge five-goal thriller for sixth Europa League crown". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  9. "FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC reach agreement on Jules Kounde transfer". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. "Jules Kounde not registered to play in Barcelona's La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano". Sky Sports. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. "Barcelona's new signing Jules Kounde not registered for second LaLiga game in a row". ESPN. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. Ornstein, David. "Barcelona register Jules Kounde". The Athletic. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. "Jules Kounde makes official debut". FC Barcelona. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  14. "La liste des vingt-six Bleus" (in French). French Football Federation. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  15. "France v Wales game report". ESPN. 2 June 2021.
  16. "Spain 1–2 France: Les Bleus seal trophy with another comeback". UEFA. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  17. "Bordeaux : Jules Koundé, une perle précieuse !". beninfootball.com (in French). 29 April 2017.
  18. "Retour sur le parcours de Jules Koundé, nouveau joueur professionnel des Girondins". Formation Girondins (in French).
  19. Jules Koundé at Soccerway
  20. "Jules Koundé". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  21. "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.
  22. Baynes, Ciaran (15 January 2023). "Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona: Gavi stars as Barca dominate to win Spanish Super Cup". Euro Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  23. "France beat Spain to win Nations League". UEFA. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  24. McNulty, Phil (18 December 2022). "Argentina 3–3 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  25. "LaLiga Santader Team of the Season". Electronic Arts. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  26. "Los Premios 'Team Of The Season' de EA SPORTSTM y LaLiga revelan a los mejores 15 jugadores de la temporada" [The EA SPORTSTM and LaLiga 'Team Of The Season' Awards reveal the best 15 players of the season]. La Liga. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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