Mamadou Koné (born 25 December 1991) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Bingerville Bingerville is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a suburb of Abidjan city and one of four sub-prefectures of Abidjan Autonomous District. Bingerville is also a commune. The town is located about 10 kilometres east of Abidjan and lies ...

, Koné was a youth product of local

ES Bingerville Entente Sportive de Bingerville (ES Bingerville or ESB) is an Ivorian football club based in Bingerville, they are a member of the Ivorian Football Federation Premiere Division. History The club was founded in 1995 as A.S. Transporteurs Bingervi ...

. He moved to

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

in 2010 at the age of 18 for just

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240,000, being initially assigned to the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He made his first-team – and

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– debut on 15 October 2011, starting in a 3–0 away loss against

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. Koné was definitely promoted to the

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ns' main squad for the 2012–13 season. He scored five goals in 35

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appearances, and the club suffered a second consecutive relegation; his first came on 22 September 2012, the only at

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. Koné netted 18 times in the 2013–14 campaign, helping to a return to the second tier at the first attempt. On 17 February 2015, as he again was team top scorer, he suffered a serious

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injury, being sidelined for six months. On 18 August 2015, Koné moved to

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

of the same league in a one-year loan, with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season. On 25 August of the following year, he signed a permanent five-year contract with top-flight

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. Koné moved to the

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on 10 January 2018, being loaned to

K.A.S. Eupen K.A.S. Eupen (short for Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen, English: ''Royal General Sports Association Eupen'', simply referred to as Eupen) is a Belgian professional association football club located in Eupen, Liège (province), Prov ...

until June. On 17 August, he returned to Spain and its second division after joining

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

also in a temporary deal. On 19 July 2019, Koné signed with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

on another one-year loan. He scored on his debut on 18 August to help the hosts defeat his former side Oviedo 3–2, but the season ended in relegation to the

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. Koné returned to Eupen in the summer of 2020, on a two-year contract. On 7 June 2022, he stayed in Belgium but dropped down to the

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on a two-year deal at K.M.S.K. Deinze; he left the latter club in December 2024, after it was declared bankrupt and ceased operations.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kone, Mamadou 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Bingerville 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen Ivorian men's footballers Footballers from Abidjan Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Real Oviedo players CD Leganés players Málaga CF players Deportivo de La Coruña players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players K.A.S. Eupen players K.M.S.K. Deinze players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium