Maxwel Cornet

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Maxwel Cornet
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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 (age 24)
Place of birth Bregbo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full back/Winger
Club information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 20
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)
2015–2021 Lyon 184 (31)
2021– Burnley 0 (0)
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 22 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:01, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who can either play as a forward or full back for Premier League club Burnley and the Ivory Coast national team.

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]

Burnley[]

On 29 August 2021, Cornet signed for Premier League club Burnley for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.[7]

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.[8] He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 15 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2012–13[10] Championnat National 9 1 2 0 0 0 — — 11 1
2013–14[10] Ligue 2 14 0 1 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2014–15[10] Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 23 1 3 0 1 0 — — 27 1
Lyon 2014–15[10] Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
2015–16[10] Ligue 1 31 8 3 3 2 0 4[c] 1 0 0 40 12
2016–17[10] Ligue 1 33 6 2 2 1 0 14[d] 2 1[e] 0 51 10
2017–18[10] Ligue 1 30 4 4 2 1 0 8[f] 1 — 43 7
2018–19[10] Ligue 1 27 7 4 2 0 0 5[c] 3 — 36 12
2019–20[10] Ligue 1 22 4 4 1 4 0 8[c] 1 — 38 6
2020–21[10] Ligue 1 36 2 3 2 — — — 39 4
2021–22[10] Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Total 184 31 20 12 8 0 39 8 1 0 252 51
Burnley 2021–22[10] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 207 32 23 12 9 0 39 8 1 0 279 52
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of match played 6 September 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ivory Coast 2017 5 1
2018 3 1
2019 10 2
2020 3 0
2021 1 0
Total 22 4
As of match played 6 September 2021
Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first[11]
List of international goals scored by Maxwel Cornet
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 Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast 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 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 1 July 2019 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 15  Namibia 3–1 4–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

References[]

  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013". Soccerway. 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. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  5. ^ "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  6. ^ "Lyon stun Man City in Champions League". BBC Sport. 16 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Burnley sign Maxwel Cornet from Lyon on five-year deal". Sky Sports. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : Maxwel Cornet et Seko Fofana ont choisi de jouer pour les Eléphants". L'Équipe (in French). 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Starting Lineups - Netherlands vs Ivory Coast". Sky Sports. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Maxwel Cornet at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

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