Ben Lhassine Kone (born 14 March 2000) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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on loan from

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Club career

Torino

He started playing for Torino's under-19 team in the 2017–18 season. He also received occasional call-ups to the senior squad during the

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and

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seasons, but did not make any appearances.

Loan to Cosenza

On 3 August 2019 he joined

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club

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

on a season-long loan. He made his

debut for Cosenza on 31 August 2019 in a game against Salernitana. He substituted Riccardo Idda in the 79th minute. He missed most of the 2019–20 season due to cruciate ligament rupture. On 15 September 2020, the loan was renewed for the 2020–21 season.

Return to Torino

After returning to Torino for the 2021–22 season, Kone made his debut for the club on 17 October 2021, coming on as a substitute for the injured

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in a 1–0 away loss to Napoli. He was replaced again in injury time for

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Loan to Crotone

On 26 January 2022, he joined

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

on loan.

Loan to Frosinone

On 1 August 2022, Kone moved to

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on loan.

Como

On 25 July 2023, Kone moved to

. The first year of the contract is a loan, followed by an obligation to buy. Kone signed a contract until 2027 with Como.

Career statistics

Honours

Frosinone *

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* 2000 births Living people Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Torino FC players Cosenza Calcio players FC Crotone players Frosinone Calcio players Como 1907 players Serie B players Serie A players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub