Maxwel Cornet

Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Ivory Coast national team.

Maxwel Cornet
Cornet playing for France U19 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet [1]
Date of birth (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996
Place of birth Bregbo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
Lyon
Number 27
Youth career
2004 ARS Laquenexy
2004–2012 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Metz II 21 (6)
2012–2015 Metz 23 (1)
2015– Lyon 165 (30)
National team
2011–2012 France U16 15 (5)
2012–2013 France U17 9 (7)
2013–2014 France U18 4 (2)
2013–2015 France U19 17 (8)
2015 France U20 2 (1)
2015–2016 France U21 5 (1)
2017– Ivory Coast 21 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:52, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:05, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Metz

Cornet is a youth exponent from Metz. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 August 2013 against Stade Lavallois. He replaced Yeni Ngbakoto after 79 minutes in a 1–0 home victory.[2]

Lyon

On 16 January 2015, Cornet signed for the Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais.[3]

He made his Ligue 1 debut for the club against former club Metz on 25 January 2015. He replaced Alexandre Lacazette after 34 minutes due to an injury, in an eventual 2–0 home win.[4]

He scored his first goal for Lyon on 23 October 2015 as an 89th-minute substitute in a Ligue 1 match against Toulouse in a 3–0 home win.[5]

In January 2020, Cornet was tested at left back position by Lyon's coach Rudi Garcia following the injuries of Youssouf Koné and Fernando Marçal. After his good performances, he became the club's starting left-back for the rest of the season. On 15 August 2020, Cornet scored one goal against Manchester City in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals which Lyon won 3–1 and progressed to the semi-finals.[6]

International career

Cornet was born in the Ivory Coast, and emigrated to France at a young age. He was a youth international for France at every level but declared for the Ivory Coast national team on 5 April 2017.[7] He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 January 2021.[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz 2012–13 Ligue 2 912000111
2013–14 1401010160
2014–15 Ligue 1 00000000
Total 2313010271
Lyon 2014–15 Ligue 1 4000000040
2015–16 318332041004012
2016–17 3362210142105110
2017–18 304421081437
2018–19 2774200533612
2019–20 224414081386
2020–21 18100181
Total 165301710803981023048
Career total 188312010903981025749

International

As of match played 12 November 2020[10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 201751
201831
2019102
202030
Total214

International goals

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2017Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast3 Gabon1–21–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.12 October 20186 Central African Republic4–04–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.23 March 2019Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast9 Rwanda3–03–0
4.1 July 201930 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt15 Namibia3–14–12019 Africa Cup of Nations

References

  1. "Cote d'Ivoire" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  3. "Communiqué du club" (in French). Olympique Lyon. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. "Lyon vs. Metz - 27 January 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  5. "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  6. "Lyon stun Man City in Champions League". BBC Sport. 16 August 2020.
  7. "Côte d'Ivoire : Maxwel Cornet et Seko Fofana ont choisi de jouer pour les Eléphants". lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. "Starting Lineups - Netherlands vs Ivory Coast". skysports.com. Sky UK. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. Maxwel Cornet at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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