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French footballer (born 1998)

Jules Koundé
Jules Koundé 2020.jpg

Koundé playing for Sevilla in 2020
Full name Jules Olivier Koundé[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back

Current team

 Barcelona
Number 23
2004–2009 Fraternelle Landiras
2009–2010 Cérons
2010–2013 La Brède
2013–2018 Bordeaux
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Bordeaux B 30 (1)
2017–2019 Bordeaux 55 (2)
2019–2022 Sevilla 95 (5)
2022– Barcelona 19 (0)
2018 France U20 1 (0)
2020–2021 France U21 8 (1)
2021– France 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Jules Olivier Koundé (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyl ɔlivje kunde]; born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.

Club career[edit]

Bordeaux[edit]

Koundé started in his first team debut for Bordeaux in the 2–1 Coupe de France away loss to US 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.[3] He started in his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux in a 1–0 away win over Troyes on 13 January 2018.[4] 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.[5]

Sevilla[edit]

On 3 July 2019, he signed for Spanish club Sevilla. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €25 million.[6] 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.[7][8]

Barcelona[edit]

On 29 July 2022, Barcelona announced an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of Koundé.[9] 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.[10] He also missed Barcelona’s second league match against Real Sociedad on 21 August for the same reason.[11] Kounde was registered with La Liga on 26 August[12] and made his official debut for the club two days later in a 4–0 win over Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou.[13]

International career[edit]

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.[14] He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a friendly against Wales, substituting Benjamin Pavard at half-time.[15]

On 10 October 2021, Koundé started in France’s win over Spain in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Final.[16]

Personal life[edit]

Koundé is half Beninese and half French.[17][18]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 5 April 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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[a] 2 — 51 2
Total 55 2 2 0 3 0 10 2 — 70 4
Sevilla 2019–20 La Liga 29 1 2 1 — 9[a] 0 — 40 2
2020–21 La Liga 34 2 7 1 — 7[b] 1 1[c] 0 49 4
2021–22 La Liga 32 2 3 1 — 9[d] 0 — 44 3
Total 95 5 12 3 — 25 1 1 0 133 9
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 19 0 4 0 — 5[e] 0 2[f] 0 30 0
Career total 169 7 18 3 3 0 40 3 3 0 233 13

International[edit]

As of match played 27 March 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2021 7 0
2022 11 0
2023 2 0
Total 20 0

Honours[edit]

Sevilla

Barcelona

France

Individual

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