![]() Koum playing for Marseille in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emmanuel Alexi Koum Mbondo [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valenciennes (on loan from Marseille) | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2019 | Valenton FA | ||
2019–2021 | CS Brétigny | ||
2021–2023 | Auxerre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Auxerre B | 33 | (3) |
2024– | Marseille B | 15 | (0) |
2024– | Marseille | 1 | (0) |
2025– | → Valenciennes (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | France U16 | 9 | (3) |
2022–2023 | France U17 | 5 | (0) |
2023 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
2024– | France U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2025 |
Emmanuel Alexi Koum Mbondo (born 5 February 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Championnat National club Valenciennes, on loan from Ligue 1 club Marseille.
As a youth player, Koum played in the youth academy of Valenton, Brétigny [4] and Auxerre. On 4 June 2024, he transferred to Olympique de Marseille on a professional contract. [5] He made his debut in National 3 in a 1–1 draw against Montpellier B.
On 8 December 2024, he was called up to the first team by Roberto De Zerbi for the Ligue 1 match against Saint-Étienne, where he made his professional debut, replacing Quentin Merlin at the 79th minute. [6] [7]
On 4 July 2025, Koum signed for Championnat National club Valenciennes on a season-long loan. [8]
Born in France, Koum is of Cameroonian descent. [9] He is a youth international for France.[ citation needed ]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Marseille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |