Nanitamo Jonathan Ikoné (born 2 May 1998) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward for
Serie A
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club
Fiorentina
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and the
France national team.
Club career
Paris Saint-Germain
Ikone made his professional debut on 28 September 2016 in the
UEFA Champions League
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against
Ludogorets replacing
Ángel Di María
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Di María began his career with R ...
after 88 minutes in a 1–3 away win.
He made his
Ligue 1 debut three days later against
Bordeaux
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, once again coming on in place of Di María after 88 minutes in a 2–0 home win.
Montpellier (loan)
On 18 January 2017, Ikoné was loaned to fellow
Ligue 1 side
Montpellier for the rest of the season. He made his debut against
Metz
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three days later and played the whole match.
Lille
On 1 July 2018, Ikoné joined
Ligue 1 side
Lille
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on a five-year contract.
Fiorentina
On 31 December 2021, Ikoné signed for
Serie A
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club
Fiorentina
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, effective from 3 January 2022. The deal was worth a reported €15 million.
International career
Ikoné was born in France and is of DR Congolese descent. He is a youth international footballer for France. He was called up to the senior
France
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squad for games against
Albania
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and
Andorra
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in September 2019. He scored on his debut on 7 September against Albania after coming on as a 77-minute substitute for
Kingsley Coman
Kingsley Junior Coman (; born 13 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Bayern Munich and the France national team.
Trained at Paris Saint-Germain's academy, Coman moved to Juventus in 2014 on the exp ...
.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
*
Trophée des Champions
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His ...
:
2016
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Lille
*
Ligue 1:
2020–21
*Trophée des Champions:
2021
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France U17
*
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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Spain is the most successful team in this ...
:
2015
Individual
*UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament:
2015
References
External links
Profileat the ACF Fiorentina website
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bondy
French footballers
France youth international footballers
France under-21 international footballers
France international footballers
Association football forwards
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
Montpellier HSC players
Lille OSC players
ACF Fiorentina players
Ligue 1 players
Black French sportspeople
French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
French expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
20th-century French people
21st-century French people