Ben Lhassine Kone

Ben Lhassine Kone
Kone in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 23)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Como
(on loan from Torino)
Number 94
Youth career
2015–2017 Vigor Perconti
2017–2019 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Torino 1 (0)
2019–2021Cosenza (loan) 32 (1)
2022Crotone (loan) 16 (1)
2022–2023Frosinone (loan) 19 (2)
2023–Como (loan) 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024

Ben Lhassine Kone (born 14 March 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Como on loan from Torino.

Club career

Torino

He started playing for Torino's under-19 team in the 2017–18 season.[2]

He also received occasional call-ups to the senior squad during the 2017–18 Serie A and 2018–19 Serie A seasons, but did not make any appearances.[3]

Loan to Cosenza

On 3 August 2019 he joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan.[4] He made his Serie B debut for Cosenza on 31 August 2019 in a game against Salernitana. He substituted Riccardo Idda in the 79th minute.[5] 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.[6]

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 Rolando Mandragora in a 1–0 away loss to Napoli. He was replaced again in injury time for Magnus Warming.[7]

Loan to Crotone

On 26 January 2022, he joined Crotone on loan.[8]

Loan to Frosinone

On 1 August 2022, Kone moved to Frosinone on loan.[9]

Como

On 25 July 2023, Kone moved to Como. The first year of the contract is a loan, followed by an obligation to buy. Kone signed a contract until 2027 with Como.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Prima Squadra Serie A Tim 2021-2022 | TORINO FC 1906 SITO UFFICIALE". Torino F.C. (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ben Lhassine Kone at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  3. ^ "Lazio v Torino game report". ESPN. 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ "BEN LHASSINE KONE È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL COSENZA!" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 3 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Cosenza v Salernitana game report". Soccerway. 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ "BEN LHASSINE KONE TORNA AL COSENZA" (in Italian). Cosenza. 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Napoli vs. Torino - 17 October 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Dal Torino arriva Kone" (in Italian). Crotone. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ "KONE È GIALLAZZURRO" (in Italian). Frosinone. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ^ "BEN LHASSINE KONE AT COMO". Como 1907. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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