Jules Olivier Koundé (born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.
 Koundé playing for Sevilla in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jules Olivier Koundé | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Fraternelle Landiras | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Cérons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | La Brède | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Bordeaux II | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Bordeaux | 55 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sevilla | 95 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Barcelona | 63 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | France U21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | France | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Jules Olivier Koundé was born on 12 November 1998 in Paris.
Club career
Bordeaux
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Koundé started in his first team debut for Bordeaux in the 2–1 Coupe de France away loss to Granville in the round of 64 on 7 January 2018, playing the full 90 minutes of normal time and the full 30 minutes of extra time. He made his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux in a 1–0 away win over Troyes on 13 January 2018. On 10 February 2018, Koundé scored the opening goal of a 3–2 Ligue 1 home win over Amiens; it was his first career Ligue 1 goal and his first competitive goal for Bordeaux's first team.
Sevilla
On 3 July 2019, he signed for Spanish club Sevilla. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €25 million. In his first season at Sevilla, he helped the club win the UEFA Europa League for a record sixth time and was named in the competition's team of the season.
Barcelona
On 29 July 2022, Barcelona announced an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of Koundé. Koundé missed Barcelona's first match of the La Liga season against Rayo Vallecano as the club could not register him as they were over the league's salary cap limit. He also missed Barcelona's second league match against Real Sociedad on 21 August for the same reason. Kounde was registered with La Liga on 26 August and made his official debut for the club two days later in a 4–0 win over Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou.
International career
On 18 May 2021, Koundé was selected by Didier Deschamps as part of the 26 players that formed the France national team for UEFA Euro 2020. He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a friendly against Wales, substituting Benjamin Pavard at half-time.
On 10 October 2021, Koundé started in France's win over Spain in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Final.
Personal life
Koundé has French and Beninese nationality.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 19 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux II | 2015–16 | CFA | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 2017–18 | National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 51 | 2 | ||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 70 | 4 | |||
| Sevilla | 2019–20 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 44 | 3 | |||
| Total | 95 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 9 | |||
| Barcelona | 2022–23 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 242 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 319 | 17 | ||
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| France | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | |
Honours
Sevilla
Barcelona
France
- UEFA Nations League: 2020–21
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2022
Individual
References
External links
- Profile at the FC Barcelona website
- Jules Koundé at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jules Koundé – UEFA competition record (archive)