Arouna Koné
Koné in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arouna Koné | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Anyama, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Everton | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rio Sport | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Rio Sport | 30 | (17) |
| 2002–2003 | Lierse | 32 | (11) |
| 2003–2005 | Roda | 63 | (27) |
| 2005–2007 | PSV | 53 | (21) |
| 2007–2012 | Sevilla | 40 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Levante (loan) | 34 | (15) |
| 2012 | Levante | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Wigan Athletic | 34 | (11) |
| 2013– | Everton | 45 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2013 | Ivory Coast | 39 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of match played 12 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2013 |
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Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Everton and the Ivory Coast national team.
After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV, he signed with Sevilla in 2007, where he rarely appeared due to injury and loans. In 2012, he moved from Levante to the Premier League, where he represented Wigan Athletic and Everton, winning one FA Cup with the former.
Koné appeared for the Ivory Coast at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as well as three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Koné endured a difficult start to PSV's 2007–08 season: due to a date mix-up, he returned late to pre-season training following a holiday in his country, thus missing out on valuable time to prepare for the new campaign. Added to this, the player was struck down with malaria at the end of July 2007, In August, it was announced that he had returned to training following his health scare, and was expected to be fit in time for the team's first league game against Heracles Almelo on the July 19; he also immediately returned to international duty.
On the 30 August 2007, after reported interest from English Premier League side Middlesbrough,Sevilla signed Koné on a five-year deal for a reported €12 million transfer fee. He made his Liga debut on 16 September as a second-half substitute for Frédéric Kanouté in a 4–1 win against Recreativo de Huelva – he won a penalty in the game, but fellow striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov failed to convert. Nine days later, he scored his first goal for the Spaniards, helping the team come from behind 0–2 against Espanyol to tie it 2–2 in an eventual 2–3 home loss. On 2 October, he netted his first UEFA Champions League goal for the club in a 4–2 group stage win against Slavia Prague after just ten minutes on the pitch.
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