Jules Olivier Koundé (French pronunciation: [ʒyl kunde]; born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.
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Full name | Jules Olivier Koundé | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 II | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Bordeaux | 55 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Sevilla | 95 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Barcelona | 65 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | France U21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | France | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC) |
Early life
editJules Olivier Koundé[2] was born in Paris[3] and grew up in Landiras, Gironde. His father is Beninese and Koundé holds citizenship of both Benin and France.[4] His uncle Charles Tokplé is a former footballer who played for the Togo national team.[5]
Koundé grew up with his mother. He has stated that during his youth, he struggled with his temper after poor performances from his local team, expressing "I'd be in a foul mood all weekend: atrocious behaviour. I got into such a rage that I ended up kicking my poor mum."[6]
Club career
editBordeaux
editKoundé started in his first team debut for Bordeaux in the 2–1 Coupe de France away loss to 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.[7] He made his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux in a 1–0 away win over Troyes on 13 January 2018.[8] 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.[9]
Sevilla
editOn 3 July 2019, he signed for Spanish club Sevilla. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €25 million.[10] 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.[11][12]
Barcelona
editOn 29 July 2022, Barcelona announced an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of Koundé.[13] 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.[14] He also missed Barcelona's second league match against Real Sociedad on 21 August for the same reason.[15] Kounde was registered with La Liga on 26 August[16] and made his official debut for the club two days later in a 4–0 win over Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou.[17]
International career
editKoundé was a member of France's squad for the group stage of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, starting in central defence in all three matches and captaining the team in the 2–0 win against Russia.[18]
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.[19] He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a pre-tournament friendly against Wales, coming on as a substitute for Benjamin Pavard at half-time.[20] He made one appearance at Euro 2020, playing the full match against Portugal in Group F.[18]
On 10 October 2021, Koundé started and played the whole match as France defeated Spain 2–1 in the 2021 UEFA Nations League final.[21]
Koundé was a member of France's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup where he started five of the team's seven matches at right back as they finished as runners-up to Argentina.[18]
In May 2024, Koundé was named in France's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[22] At the tournament, he started all six matches for France at right-back,[23] and was named man of the match in their 1–0 victory over Belgium in the round of 16.[24]
Personal life
editCareer statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 17 August 2024[27]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux II | 2015–16 | CFA | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | CFA 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
2017–18 | National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
Total | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10[c] | 2 | — | 51 | 2 | ||
Total | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 70 | 4 | |||
Sevilla | 2019–20 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 9[c] | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | La Liga | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 7[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 49 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | La Liga | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 9[f] | 0 | — | 44 | 3 | |||
Total | 95 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 9 | |||
Barcelona | 2022–23 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[g] | 0 | 2[h] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
2023–24 | La Liga | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 8[d] | 0 | 2[h] | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
2024–25 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 65 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 3 | |||
Career total | 244 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 321 | 17 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in Supercopa de España
International
edit- As of match played 9 July 2024[28]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
France | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
2022 | 11 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 34 | 0 |
Honours
editSevilla
Barcelona
France
- UEFA Nations League: 2020–21[31]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2022[32]
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Jules Kounde". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Jules Koundé". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Qatar 2022: Kounde: I want to be in France's starting line-up". FIFA (in French). 6 November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Fiche Joueur: Jules Koundé". TF1 Info (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Hunter, Graham (2 August 2022). "Barcelona signing Jules Kounde ahead of Chelsea is a coup for the club and for LaLiga". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Granville vs. Bordeaux – 7 January 2018". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "ESTAC Troyes / Girondins de Bordeaux". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
- ^ "Bordeaux continue to fly under Poyet". Ligue 1. 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Sevilla break club record". Football España. 3 July 2019.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC reach agreement on Jules Kounde transfer". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Jules Kounde not registered to play in Barcelona's La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano". Sky Sports. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Barcelona's new signing Jules Kounde not registered for second LaLiga game in a row". ESPN. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Ornstein, David. "Barcelona register Jules Kounde". The Athletic. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Jules Kounde makes official debut". FC Barcelona. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Jules Koundé - Fiche Joueur". FFF (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "La liste des vingt-six Bleus" (in French). French Football Federation. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "France v Wales game report". ESPN. 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Spain 1–2 France: Les Bleus seal trophy with another comeback". UEFA. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Les vingt-cinq Bleus pour l'Euro" [The twenty-five Blues for the Euro] (in French). French Football Federation. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Jules Koundé - Statistics". UEFA. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "France 1–0 Belgium: Own goal sends Les Bleus into quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Bordeaux : Jules Koundé, une perle précieuse !". beninfootball.com (in French). 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Retour sur le parcours de Jules Koundé, nouveau joueur professionnel des Girondins". Formation Girondins (in French).
- ^ Jules Koundé at Soccerway
- ^ "Jules Koundé". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "France beat Spain to win Nations League". UEFA. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (18 December 2022). "Argentina 3–3 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "LaLiga Santader Team of the Season". Electronic Arts. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Profile at the FC Barcelona website
- Jules Koundé at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jules Koundé – UEFA competition record (archive)