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#79 Franck Kessié

Al-Ahli

Saudi Pro League League level: Saudi Arabia

First Tier Joined: Aug 9, 2023 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2026

Date of birth/Age: Dec 19, 1996 (27)
Place of birth: Ouragahio
Citizenship: Cote d'Ivoire

Height: 1,83 m
Position: Central Midfield

Current international: Ivory Coast
Caps/Goals: 71 / 10

€20.00m

Last update: Dec 15, 2023

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Ivory Coast
8		Ivory Coast	Sep 6, 2014	71	10	Hervé Renard	17 years 08 months 18 days
	Ivory Coast U23
18		Ivory Coast U23	-	3	-
	Ivory Coast U20
-		Ivory Coast U20	-	3	-
	Ivory Coast U17
10		Ivory Coast U17	-	5	2
	Ivory Coast
8		Ivory Coast Olympic Team	Jul 22, 2021	4	1	Soualiho Haidara	24 years 07 months 03 days

Stats of Franck Kessié

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			77	11	7	-	3	15	11	-	1	7	595'	6.543'
	International Friendlies	27	3	1	-	1	6	6	-	-	2	769'	2.307'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	19	4	-	-	1	3	1	-	1	3	391'	1.562'
	Africa Cup of Nations	19	3	4	-	1	4	2	-	-	1	545'	1.634'
	World Cup qualification	12	1	2	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	1.040'	1.040'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group D	Abidjan	Sep 6, 2014	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone	2:1	CB							90'
	Group D		Sep 10, 2014	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	4:1	on the bench
	Group D		Oct 11, 2014	DR Congo	Ivory Coast	1:2	CB							90'
	Group D	Abidjan	Oct 15, 2014	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	3:4	CB				47'			47'
	International Friendlies
			Oct 25, 2014	Zambia	Ivory Coast	1:1								90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group D	Abidjan	Nov 14, 2014	Sierra Leone	Ivory Coast	1:5	Red card suspension
	Group D	Abidjan	Nov 19, 2014	Ivory Coast	Cameroon	0:0	Red card suspension
	International Friendlies
		Durban	Nov 30, 2014	South Africa	Ivory Coast	2:0	AM							90'
		Abu Dhabi	Jan 11, 2015	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
		Abu Dhabi	Jan 15, 2015	Sweden	Ivory Coast	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Malabo	Jan 20, 2015	Ivory Coast	Guinea	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Malabo	Jan 24, 2015	Ivory Coast	Mali	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Malabo	Jan 28, 2015	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	0:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Malabo	Feb 1, 2015	Ivory Coast	Algeria	3:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Bata	Feb 4, 2015	DR Congo	Ivory Coast	1:3	Not in squad
	Final	Bata	Feb 8, 2015	Ivory Coast	Ghana	9:8 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Mar 26, 2015	Ivory Coast	Angola	2:0	Not in squad
			Mar 29, 2015	Ivory Coast	Equat. Guinea	1:1	Not in squad
		Libreville	Jun 14, 2015	Gabon	Ivory Coast	0:0	on the bench
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group I		Sep 6, 2015	Sierra Leone	Ivory Coast	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Agadir	Oct 9, 2015	Morocco	Ivory Coast	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Second Round 1st leg		Nov 13, 2015	Liberia	Ivory Coast	0:1	Not in squad
	Second Round 2nd leg	Abidjan	Nov 17, 2015	Ivory Coast	Liberia	3:0	Not in squad
	African Nations Championship
	Group A	Kigali	Jan 16, 2016	Rwanda	Ivory Coast	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Kigali	Jan 20, 2016	Morocco	Ivory Coast	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A		Jan 24, 2016	Ivory Coast	Gabon	4:1	no information available
	Quarter-Finals		Jan 30, 2016	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	0:3 AET	no information available
	Semi-Finals		Feb 4, 2016	Mali	Ivory Coast	1:0	no information available
	Third Place Play-Off		Feb 7, 2016	Guinea	Ivory Coast	1:2	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group I	Abidjan	Mar 25, 2016	Ivory Coast	Sudan	1:0	Not in squad
	group I	Omdurman	Mar 29, 2016	Sudan	Ivory Coast	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			May 20, 2016	Hungary	Ivory Coast	0:0						46'		45'
		Abidjan	Jun 4, 2016	Ivory Coast	Gabon	2:1	DM							90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group I	Abidjan	Sep 3, 2016	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone	1:1	DM							90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group C		Oct 8, 2016	Ivory Coast	Mali	3:1	DM		1					90'
	Group C	Marrakech	Nov 12, 2016	Morocco	Ivory Coast	0:0	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Lens	Nov 15, 2016	France	Ivory Coast	0:0	DM							90'
		Abidjan	Dec 16, 2016	Ivory Coast	Zimbabwe	0:0	Not in squad
		Abu Dhabi	Jan 8, 2017	Sweden	Ivory Coast	1:2	CB							90'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C		Jan 16, 2017	Ivory Coast	Togo	0:0	DM							90'
	Group C		Jan 20, 2017	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	2:2	CM			65'				90'
	Group C		Jan 24, 2017	Morocco	Ivory Coast	1:0	DM						84'	84'
	International Friendlies
			Mar 24, 2017	Russia	Ivory Coast	0:2	CM							90'
		Rotterdam	Jun 4, 2017	Netherlands	Ivory Coast	5:0	DM						62'	62'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group H		Jun 10, 2017	Ivory Coast	Guinea	2:3	CM							90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group C		Sep 2, 2017	Gabon	Ivory Coast	0:3	DM							90'
	Group C		Sep 5, 2017	Ivory Coast	Gabon	1:2	DM							90'
	Group C	Bamako	Oct 6, 2017	Mali	Ivory Coast	0:0	CM							90'
	Group C	Abidjan	Nov 11, 2017	Ivory Coast	Morocco	0:2	DM			10'				90'
	African Nations Championship
	Group B		Jan 14, 2018	Ivory Coast	Namibia	0:1	no information available
	Group B		Jan 18, 2018	Ivory Coast	Zambia	0:2	no information available
	Group B		Jan 22, 2018	Uganda	Ivory Coast	0:0	no information available
	International Friendlies
		Beauvais	Mar 24, 2018	Togo	Ivory Coast	2:2	CM						75'	75'
		Beauvais	Mar 27, 2018	Ivory Coast	Moldova	2:1	on the bench
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group H	Kigali	Sep 9, 2018	Rwanda	Ivory Coast	1:2	CM							90'
	Group H		Oct 12, 2018	Ivory Coast	Central Africa	4:0	CM							90'
	Group H	Bangui	Oct 16, 2018	Central Africa	Ivory Coast	0:0	CM							90'
	Group H	Conakry	Nov 18, 2018	Guinea	Ivory Coast	1:1	CM			50'			68'	68'
	Group H	Abidjan	Mar 23, 2019	Ivory Coast	Rwanda	3:0	CM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Abidjan	Mar 26, 2019	Ivory Coast	Liberia	1:0	on the bench
		Boulogne-sur-Mer	Jun 7, 2019	Ivory Coast	Comoros	3:1	on the bench
			Jun 15, 2019	Ivory Coast	Uganda	0:1	CM							90'
		Abu Dhabi	Jun 19, 2019	Ivory Coast	Zambia	4:1				50'			70'	70'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D		Jun 24, 2019	Ivory Coast	South Africa	1:0	CM							90'
	Group D		Jun 28, 2019	Morocco	Ivory Coast	1:0	CM							90'
	Group D	Kairo	Jul 1, 2019	Namibia	Ivory Coast	1:4	CM		3					90'
	Round of 16		Jul 8, 2019	Mali	Ivory Coast	0:1	AM							90'
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 11, 2019	Ivory Coast	Algeria	4:5 on pens	CM			88'				120'
	International Friendlies
		Caen	Sep 6, 2019	Ivory Coast	Benin	1:2	CM		1					90'
		Le Petit-Quevilly	Sep 10, 2019	Tunisia	Ivory Coast	1:2	CM							90'
		Amiens	Oct 13, 2019	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	3:1	CM			70'				90'
			Oct 20, 2019	Ivory Coast	Niger	1:0	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group K	Abidjan	Nov 16, 2019	Ivory Coast	Niger	1:0	CM	1					83'	83'
	group K		Nov 19, 2019	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Brüssel	Oct 8, 2020	Belgium	Ivory Coast	1:1	CM	1						90'
		Utrecht	Oct 13, 2020	Japan	Ivory Coast	1:0	CM							90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group K		Nov 12, 2020	Ivory Coast	Madagascar	2:1	CM							90'
	group K	Antananarivo	Nov 17, 2020	Madagascar	Ivory Coast	1:1	CM	1					83'	83'
	group K	Niamey	Mar 26, 2021	Niger	Ivory Coast	0:3	CM							90'
	group K		Mar 30, 2021	Ivory Coast	Ethiopia	3:1	CM	1						90'
	International Friendlies
			Jun 5, 2021	Ivory Coast	Burkina Faso	2:1	CM			61'				90'
			Jun 12, 2021	Ghana	Ivory Coast	0:0	CM			90'				90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D		Sep 3, 2021	Mozambique	Ivory Coast	0:0	Muscle injury
	Group D		Sep 6, 2021	Ivory Coast	Cameroon	2:1	Muscle injury
	Group D	Orlando East, Soweto	Oct 8, 2021	Malawi	Ivory Coast	0:3	DM			79'				90'
	Group D	Cotonou	Oct 11, 2021	Ivory Coast	Malawi	2:1	CM	1						90'
	Group D	Cotonou	Nov 13, 2021	Ivory Coast	Mozambique	3:0	DM						77'	77'
	Group D		Nov 16, 2021	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	1:0	DM							90'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group E		Jan 12, 2022	Equat. Guinea	Ivory Coast	0:1	AM						71'	71'
	Group E		Jan 16, 2022	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone	2:2	AM						82'	82'
	Group E		Jan 20, 2022	Ivory Coast	Algeria	3:1	AM	1						90'
	Round of 16		Jan 26, 2022	Ivory Coast	Egypt	4:5 on pens	AM						30'	30'
	International Friendlies
		Marseille	Mar 25, 2022	France	Ivory Coast	2:1	CM							90'
		London	Mar 29, 2022	England	Ivory Coast	3:0	DM							90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group H		Jun 3, 2022	Ivory Coast	Zambia	3:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Dobsonville, Soweto	Jun 9, 2022	Lesotho	Ivory Coast	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Le Petit-Quevilly	Sep 24, 2022	Ivory Coast	Togo	2:1	CM	1						90'
		Amiens	Sep 27, 2022	Ivory Coast	Guinea	3:1	CM			64'				90'
			Nov 16, 2022	Ivory Coast	Burundi	4:0	Muscle injury
		Ouagadougou	Nov 19, 2022	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	2:1	Muscle injury
	African Nations Championship
	Group B	Annaba	Jan 14, 2023	Ivory Coast	Senegal	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Annaba	Jan 18, 2023	DR Congo	Ivory Coast	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Kampala	Jan 22, 2023	Uganda	Ivory Coast	1:3	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals		Jan 27, 2023	Algeria	Ivory Coast	1:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group H		Mar 24, 2023	Ivory Coast	Comoros	3:1	CM							90'
	Group H		Mar 28, 2023	Comoros	Ivory Coast	0:2	DM	1						90'
	Group H	Ndola	Jun 17, 2023	Zambia	Ivory Coast	3:0	CM							90'
	Group H		Sep 9, 2023	Ivory Coast	Lesotho	1:0	DM					69'		21'
	International Friendlies
		Abidjan	Oct 14, 2023	Ivory Coast	Morocco	1:1	DM			66'			90'	90'
		Abidjan	Oct 17, 2023	Ivory Coast	South Africa	1:1	DM						90'	90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F		Nov 17, 2023	Ivory Coast	Seychelles	9:0	AM						63'	63'
	Group F	Dar-es-Salaam	Nov 20, 2023	The Gambia	Ivory Coast	0:2	DM		1					90'
	International Friendlies
			Jan 6, 2024	Ivory Coast	Sierra Leone	5:1		1					76'	76'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group A		Jan 13, 2024	Ivory Coast	Guinea-Bissau	2:0	CM		1					90'
	Group A		Jan 18, 2024	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	0:1	CM							90'
	Group A		Jan 22, 2024	Equat. Guinea	Ivory Coast	4:0	CM							90'
	Round of 16		Jan 29, 2024	Senegal	Ivory Coast	4:5 on pens		1				73'		47'
	Quarter-Finals		Feb 3, 2024	Mali	Ivory Coast	1:2 AET	DM							120'
	Semi-Finals		Feb 7, 2024	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	1:0	CM							90'
	Final		Feb 11, 2024	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	1:2	CM	1						90'
	International Friendlies
		Amiens	Mar 23, 2024	Ivory Coast	Benin	2:2	DM							90'
		Lens	Mar 26, 2024	Ivory Coast	Uruguay	2:1	CM							90'
Squad: 82, Starting eleven: 74, Substituted in: 3, On the bench: 5, Suspended: 2, Injured: 4,