![]() Konan playing for Ivory Coast in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ghislain N'Clomande Konan [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 27 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Burgos | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
ASEC Mimosas | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Vitória Guimarães B | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Vitória Guimarães | 45 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Reims | 95 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Al-Nassr | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Al-Fayha (loan) | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Burgos | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017– | Ivory Coast | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023 |
Ghislain N'Clomande Konan (born 27 December 1995) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Spanish club Burgos CF and the Ivory Coast national team.
Konan made his professional debut in the Portuguese Segunda Liga for Vitória SC B on 17 February 2016 in a game against Atlético CP. [2]
He made his Primeira Liga debut for Vitória SC on 10 December 2016, when he played the whole game in a 2–1 victory over Boavista. [3]
Konan signed for Stade de Reims for a £3.6 million transfer fee from Vitória SC in summer 2017. He made his debut in a 1–0 win away against OGC Nice.
In July 2022, he joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr on a three-year deal. [4] On 4 September 2023, Al Nassr sent Konan on a season-long loan to fellow Saudi Pro League side Al-Fayha. [5]
On 30 January 2025, free agent Konan joined Spanish Segunda División side Burgos CF on a six-month contract. [6]
Konan made his debut for Ivory Coast in a 2018 World Cup qualification 0–0 tie with Mali on 6 October 2017. [7]
Konan was a member of the Ivory Coast's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and played in all four of the team's matches as starting left-back. [8]
In December 2023, Konan was named in the Ivory Coast's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations that ended up winning the tournament. [9] [10] [11]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vitória B | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | – | 6 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Vitória | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 25 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 [c] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
Total | 45 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
Reims | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
Total | 95 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 99 | 3 | |||
Al-Nassr | 2022–23 | Saudi Pro League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 [e] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 [f] | 0 | 6 [g] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
Total | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
Al-Fayha | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [h] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
Career total | 218 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 249 | 3 |
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