Ben Lhassine Kone
{{short description|Ivorian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ben Lhassine Kone
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Abidjan, Ivory Coast
| image = Frosinone Calcio - Benito Stirpe - vs Ascoli 10 4 2023 - Kone 4 AFF 1054frosinone ascolifrosinone ascoli (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kone in 2023
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Frosinone
(on loan from Como)
| clubnumber = 92
| youthyears1 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs1 = Vigor Perconti
| youthyears2 = 2017–2019
| youthclubs2 = Torino
| years1 = 2017–2024
| clubs1 = Torino
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019–2021
| clubs2 = → Cosenza (loan)
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2022
| clubs3 = → Crotone (loan)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022–2023
| clubs4 = → Frosinone (loan)
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2023–2024
| clubs5 = → Como (loan)
| caps5 = 13
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Como
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2025–
| clubs7 = → Frosinone (loan)
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| pcupdate = 1 February 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Ben Lhassine Kone (born 14 March 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian {{Italian football updater|Frosinone}} club Frosinone on loan from Como.
Club career
=Torino=
He started playing for Torino's under-19 team in the 2017–18 season.{{TuttoCalciatori|Kone_Lhassine_Ben}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=491535|title=Lazio v Torino game report|date=11 December 2017}}
==Loan to Cosenza==
On 3 August 2019 he joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Cosenza|url=http://www.ilcosenza.it/2019/08/03/ben-lhassine-kone-e-un-nuovo-calciatore-del-cosenza/|title=BEN LHASSINE KONE È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL COSENZA!|date=3 August 2019|language=Italian}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/31/italy/serie-b/cosenza-calcio-1914/salernitana-calcio-1919/3122555/|title=Cosenza v Salernitana game report|date=31 August 2019}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=Cosenza|url=http://www.ilcosenza.it/2020/09/15/ben-lhassine-kone-torna-al-cosenza/|title=BEN LHASSINE KONE TORNA AL COSENZA|date=15 September 2020|language=Italian}}
==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.{{cite web |title=Napoli vs. Torino - 17 October 2021 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/10/17/italy/serie-a/ssc-napoli/torino-fc/3558314/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=26 October 2021}}
==Loan to Crotone==
==Loan to Frosinone==
=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.{{cite web|publisher=Como 1907|url=https://comofootball.com/en/ben-lhassine-kone-at-como/|title=BEN LHASSINE KONE AT COMO|date=25 July 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}} On 3 February 2025, Kone returned to Frosinone on loan.{{cite web|publisher=Frosinone Calcio|url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/kone-e-del-frosinone/|title=KONE È DEL FROSINONE|trans-title=KONE IS AT FROSINONE|date=3 February 2025|access-date=4 February 2025|language=it}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 10 January 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Torino
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|Serie A |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Cosenza (loan)
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Serie B |26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 2 | ||
| Crotone (loan)
|Serie B |16 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | |||
| Frosinone (loan)
|Serie B |19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 3 | ||
| Como (loan)
|Serie B |13 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="2"|Como
|Serie A |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!85 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 6 |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|benjamin-lhassine-kone/528136}}
{{Frosinone Calcio squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kone, Ben Lhassine}}
Category:Ivorian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Cosenza Calcio players
Category:Frosinone Calcio players
Category:Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:21st-century Ivorian sportsmen
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