Jules Koundé
French footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jules Olivier Koundé (born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.
 Koundé playing for Sevilla in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jules Olivier Koundé | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Fraternelle Landiras | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Cérons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | La Brède | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Bordeaux II | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Bordeaux | 55 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sevilla | 95 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Barcelona | 72 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | France U21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | France | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 28 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jules Olivier Koundé[2] was born on 12 November 1998 in Paris[3] and grew up in Landiras, Gironde.[citation needed] His father is Beninese and Koundé holds citizenship of both Benin and France.[4] His uncle Charles Tokplé is a former footballer who played for the Togo national team.[5]
Koundé grew up with his mother. He has stated that during his youth, he struggled with his temper after poor performances from his local team, expressing "I'd be in a foul mood all weekend: atrocious behaviour. I got into such a rage that I ended up kicking my poor mum."[6]
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Koundé started in his first team debut for Bordeaux in the 2–1 Coupe de France away loss to 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.[7] He made his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux in a 1–0 away win over Troyes on 13 January 2018.[8] 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.[9]
On 3 July 2019, he signed for Spanish club Sevilla. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €25 million.[10] 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.[11][12]
On 29 July 2022, Barcelona announced an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of Koundé.[13] 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.[14] He also missed Barcelona's second league match against Real Sociedad on 21 August for the same reason.[15] Kounde was registered with La Liga on 26 August[16] and made his official debut for the club two days later in a 4–0 win over Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou.[17]
Koundé was a member of France's squad for the group stage of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, starting in central defence in all three matches and captaining the team in the 2–0 win against Russia.[18]
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.[19] He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a pre-tournament friendly against Wales, coming on as a substitute for Benjamin Pavard at half-time.[20] He made one appearance at Euro 2020, playing the full match against Portugal in Group F.[18]
On 10 October 2021, Koundé started and played the whole match as France defeated Spain 2–1 in the 2021 UEFA Nations League final.[21]
Koundé was a member of France's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup where he started five of the team's seven matches at right back as they finished as runners-up to Argentina.[18]
In May 2024, Koundé was named in France's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[22] At the tournament, he started all six matches for France at right-back,[23] and was named man of the match in their 1–0 victory over Belgium in the round of 16.[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux II | 2015–16 | CFA | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 2017–18 | National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| 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[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 51 | 2 | ||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 70 | 4 | |||
| Sevilla | 2019–20 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 49 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 44 | 3 | |||
| Total | 95 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 9 | |||
| Barcelona | 2022–23 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 72 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 251 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 330 | 18 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | |
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