.jpg) Kone in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2021 | → Cosenza (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Crotone (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Frosinone (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.
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]
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]
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]
On 26 January 2022, he joined Crotone on loan.[8]
On 1 August 2022, Kone moved to Frosinone on loan.[9]
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]