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.
 Cornet playing for France U19 in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Lyon | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 43 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 36 | 12 | |||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 38 | 6 | |||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 165 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 48 | ||
| Career total | 188 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 257 | 49 | ||
- Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- Includes Trophée des Champions
International
- As of match played 12 November 2020[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 4 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2017 | Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast | 3 |  Gabon | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 12 October 2018 | 6 |  Central African Republic | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 3. | 23 March 2019 | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 9 |  Rwanda | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4. | 1 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 15 |  Namibia | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
References
- "Cote d'Ivoire" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- "Communiqué du club" (in French). Olympique Lyon. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- "Lyon vs. Metz - 27 January 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- "Lyon stun Man City in Champions League". BBC Sport. 16 August 2020.
- "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.
- "Starting Lineups - Netherlands vs Ivory Coast". skysports.com. Sky UK. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- Maxwel Cornet at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maxwell Cornet. |
- Maxwel Cornet at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.
