Ben Lhassine Kone

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Ben Lhassine Kone
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Kone in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Como
(on loan from Torino)
Number 94
Youth career
2015–2017 Vigor Perconti
2017–2019 Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017– Torino 1 (0)
2019–2021Cosenza (loan) 32 (1)
2022Crotone (loan) 16 (1)
2022–2023Frosinone (loan) 19 (2)
2023–Como (loan) 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2024

Ben Lhassine Kone (born 14 March 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Como on loan from Torino.

Contents

Club career

Torino

He started playing for Torino's under-19 team in the 2017–18 season. [2]

He also received occasional call-ups to the senior squad during the 2017–18 Serie A and 2018–19 Serie A seasons, but did not make any appearances. [3]

Loan to Cosenza

On 3 August 2019 he joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan. [4] He made his Serie B debut for Cosenza on 31 August 2019 in a game against Salernitana. He substituted Riccardo Idda in the 79th minute. [5] He missed most of the 2019–20 season due to cruciate ligament rupture.

On 15 September 2020, the loan was renewed for the 2020–21 season. [6]

Return to Torino

After returning to Torino for the 2021–22 season, Kone made his debut for the club on 17 October 2021, coming on as a substitute for the injured Rolando Mandragora in a 1–0 away loss to Napoli. He was replaced again in injury time for Magnus Warming. [7]

Loan to Crotone

On 26 January 2022, he joined Crotone on loan. [8]

Loan to Frosinone

On 1 August 2022, Kone moved to Frosinone on loan. [9]

Como

On 25 July 2023, Kone moved to Como. The first year of the contract is a loan, followed by an obligation to buy. Kone signed a contract until 2027 with Como. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 00000000
2021–22 Serie A101020
Total10100020
Cosenza (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 601070
2020–21 Serie B26131292
Total32141362
Crotone (loan) 2021–22 Serie B161161
Frosinone (loan) 2022–23 Serie B19211203
Como (loan) 2023–24 Serie B130130
Career total8146200876

Honours

Frosinone

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References

  1. "Prima Squadra Serie A Tim 2021-2022 | TORINO FC 1906 SITO UFFICIALE". Torino F.C. (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. Ben Lhassine Kone at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  3. "Lazio v Torino game report". ESPN. 11 December 2017.
  4. "BEN LHASSINE KONE È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL COSENZA!" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 3 August 2019.
  5. "Cosenza v Salernitana game report". Soccerway. 31 August 2019.
  6. "BEN LHASSINE KONE TORNA AL COSENZA" (in Italian). Cosenza. 15 September 2020.
  7. "Napoli vs. Torino - 17 October 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. "Dal Torino arriva Kone" (in Italian). Crotone. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. "KONE È GIALLAZZURRO" (in Italian). Frosinone. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. "BEN LHASSINE KONE AT COMO". Como 1907. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.