Magnaba Folquet

Magnaba Koné Folquet (born 2 November 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain. She has also appeared for the French national team at various youth levels including most recently for the U20 team at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3]

Magnaba Folquet
Personal information
Full name Magnaba Koné Folquet[1]
Date of birth (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 25
Youth career
2013–2014 FC Emerainville
2014–2018 US Torcy
2018–2022 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Paris Saint-Germain 7 (0)
2023 → Fleury (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 France U17 2 (0)
2021 France U19 1 (0)
2022 France U20 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2022

Early life

Folquet was born in the Paris region and began playing football at the age of 10 at FC Emerainville.[4] Later, Folquet joined US Torcy a club known for its history of youth development in the men's game with Paul Pogba amongst the players who spent part of their academy career at the club.[5] Finally, Folquet joined the Paris Saint-Germain academy at fifteen years old.

Club career

An eventual youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, Folquet was selected for the PSG squad by coach Olivier Echouafni in each of the club's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final legs in the spring of 2021 but was an unused substitute. In the build-up to the 2021–22 season, Folquet was included as part of the first team squad by new coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle.[2]

On 21 November 2021, Folquet made her senior competitive debut off the bench for PSG in a 7–0 win over Reims.[6] Two weeks later, she started her first match for the first team and made her Champions League debut against Zhytlobud. On 13 April 2022, Folquet signed her first professional contact with PSG.[4]

On 23 November 2022, Folquet scored her first professional goal against Vllaznia in the Champions League. Her second goal for the club was scored in the return fixture with Vllaznia two weeks later. On 30 January 2023, Folquet moved to Fleury on loan after making just six appearances for new coach Gérard Prêcheur in the first half of the 2022–23 season.[7]

International career

Folquet has been a French youth international at three different levels. Her first cap for the U17 side was against Japan on 5 December 2019.[8] She graduated to the U19 team for a single appearance against Iceland in 2021 before making her U20 debut (in a friendly technically classed at the U23 level by FIFA) against Sweden on 8 April 2022.[9][10]

In June 2022, Folquet was part of the squad that represented France at the Sud Ladies Cup where the team finished as runners-up.[11] On 15 August 2022, Folquet scored her first goals for France's youth teams with a brace against Canada at the U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[12] She also scored in the knockout stages of the same tournament against Japan though France were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Japanese.[13] She finished as the tournament's joint-third leading scorer.[14]

Notes

    References
    1. "Squad List, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 3 August 2022. p. 6. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
    2. "Magnaba Folquet 25". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
    3. "Magnaba Folquet". Retrieved 31 January 2023.
    4. "Magnaba Folquet signs her first pro contract". Retrieved 31 January 2023.
    5. "Foot. Le club de Torcy pourrait aligner un onze de Ligue 1 – Le Parisien". Le Parisien (in French). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
    6. "Paris Saint-Germain vs. Stade de Reims Match Report – Sunday November 21, 2021". FBref.com.
    7. "Magnaba Folquet joins Fleury on loan". Retrieved 31 January 2023.
    8. "Footofeminin fr Equipe de France des moins de 17 ans France Japon 0–1". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
    9. "Footofeminin.fr – Equipe de France des moins de 19 ans – France-Islande 2–0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr.
    10. "France – Sweden 0:2". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
    11. "U.S. Under-20 Women's Youth National Team Draws Netherlands, 2–2, Then Wins Penalty Shootout To Take Title At 2022 Sud Ladies Cup In France". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
    12. "Folquet scores twice, France flattens Canada 3–1 in U-20 Women's World Cup". CP24. 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
    13. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/watch/490VCORK5LfLUlLDHoaMlu
    14. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/hamano-gabarro-grab-golden-honours
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