Cheick Oumar Koné (born ) is a Malian
football coach.
Early life
Cheick Oumar Koné was born in Mali around 1956.
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Career
Koné first played for Stade Malien de Sikasso, from January 1974 through to December 1984. He then played for or coached AS Nianan
AS Nianan is a Malian football club based in Koulikoro. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Koulikoro. The club was founded in 1979 as a merger of three clubs from Koulikoro: Meguétan, Soun ...
from 1984 to 2000, apart from 1987/88, when he played for AS Real Bamako
Association Sportive du Real Bamako, commonly referred to as Real Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the Malian Première Division the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Modibo Keïta.
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From January 2001 to June 2003 he coached top division club USFAS Bamako, which is owned by the Malian Army
The Malian Armed Forces (french: links=no, Forces Armées Maliennes) consists of the Army (french: Armée de Terre, links=no), Republic of Mali Air Force (french: Force Aérienne de la Republique du Mali, links=no), and National Guard (french: G ...
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He coached the ]Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
Olympic team at the 2004 Olympics and remained coach until 2013, and then again in 2016.
He became manager of ASFA Yennega in the Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
league in the 2013/14 season, where he remained until 2020/21.[
In 2015, he coached the Malian team in the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.][
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References
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* Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne
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The RTI Group (Groupe ...
, 16 June 2021.
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Malian football managers
21st-century Malian people
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