Maxwel Cornet
Cornet warming up for West Ham United in 2022
Personal information
Full name Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Bregbo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, full-back
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 17
Youth career
2002–2004 ARS Laquenexy
2004–2012 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Metz II 21 (6)
2012–2015 Metz 23 (1)
2015 Lyon II 3 (3)
2015–2021 Lyon 184 (31)
2021–2022 Burnley 26 (9)
2022– West Ham United 19 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 France U16 15 (5)
2012–2013 France U17 9 (7)
2013–2014 France U18 4 (2)
2013–2015 France U19 17 (8)
2015 France U20 2 (1)
2015–2016 France U21 5 (1)
2017– Ivory Coast 31 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:02, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left winger and full-back for Premier League club West Ham United and the Ivory Coast national team. He has previously played in France for Metz II, Metz, Lyon II and Lyon and in England with Burnley.

Club career

Metz

Cornet is a youth exponent from Metz. Aged 15 years and 11 months, he made his debut for Metz in the third-tier of French football, the Championnat National in a game on 31 August 2012. Cornet was an 85th-minute substitute for Alhassane Keita in Metz' 6–3 win against Quevilly.[2][3] He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 August 2013 against Laval. He replaced Yeni Ngbakoto after 79 minutes in a 1–0 home victory.[4]

Lyon

On 16 January 2015, Cornet signed for Ligue 1 club Lyon.[5] He made his league debut for the club against his former club Metz on 25 January 2015, replacing Alexandre Lacazette after 34 minutes due to an injury, in an eventual 2–0 home win.[6] Cornet scored his first goal for Lyon on 23 October 2015 as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–0 home win over Toulouse.[7]

In January 2020, Cornet was tested at the left-back position by Lyon's coach Rudi Garcia following the injuries of Youssouf Koné and Fernando Marçal. After his good performances, he became the club's starting left-back for the rest of the season. On 15 August 2020, Cornet scored a goal against Manchester City in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals which Lyon won 3–1 and progressed to the semi-finals.[8]

Burnley

On 29 August 2021, Cornet signed for Premier League club Burnley for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.[9] On 18 September, he made his Burnley debut as a substitute, replacing Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson in a 1–0 defeat against Arsenal.[10] Cornet scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Leicester City on 25 September.[11] Although the season culminated in relegation for Burnley, Cornet finished the season as the team's top scorer with nine goals in 26 appearances.[12]

West Ham United

On 5 August 2022, Cornet joined West Ham United, signing a five-year contract with a further one-year option, for an undisclosed fee from Burnley.[12]

International career

Cornet was born in Ivory Coast, and emigrated with his family to northern France at the age of three.[2] He was a youth international for France at every level but declared for the Ivory Coast national team on 5 April 2017.[13] He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.[14]

Personal life

Cornet has three children. Growing up, he idolised Didier Drogba due to his Ivorian birth and subsequent move to France. Outside of football, he enjoys playing tennis.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2012–13 Championnat National 9 1 2 0 0 0 — — 11 1
2013–14 Ligue 2 14 0 1 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2014–15 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 23 1 3 0 1 0 — — 27 1
Lyon 2014–15 Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 31 8 3 3 2 0 4[c] 1 0 0 40 12
2016–17 Ligue 1 33 6 2 2 1 0 14[d] 2 1[e] 0 51 10
2017–18 Ligue 1 30 4 4 2 1 0 8[f] 1 — 43 7
2018–19 Ligue 1 27 7 4 2 0 0 5[c] 3 — 36 12
2019–20 Ligue 1 22 4 4 1 4 0 8[c] 1 — 38 6
2020–21 Ligue 1 36 2 3 2 — — — 39 4
2021–22 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Total 184 31 20 12 8 0 39 8 1 0 252 51
Burnley 2021–22 Premier League 26 9 0 0 2 0 — — 28 9
West Ham United 2022–23 Premier League 14 0 0 0 0 0 7[g] 0 — 21 0
2023–24 Premier League 5 1 2 0 1 0 5[f] 0 — 13 1
Total 19 1 2 0 1 0 12 0 — 34 1
Career total 252 42 25 12 12 0 51 8 1 0 341 62
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 9 September 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ivory Coast 2017 5 1
2018 3 1
2019 11 3
2020 3 0
2021 3 1
2022 5 0
2023 1 0
Total 31 6
As of match played 13 November 2021
Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first[17]
List of international goals scored by Maxwel Cornet
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2017 Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast 3  Gabon 1–2 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 12 October 2018 Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast 6  Central African Republic 4–0 4–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 23 March 2019 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 9  Rwanda 3–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 19 June 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 12  Zambia 3–1 4–1 Friendly
5 1 July 2019 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 15  Namibia 3–1 4–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
6 13 November 2021 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin 24  Mozambique 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Metz

Lyon

West Ham United

References

  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Eight things you need to know about Maxwel Cornet". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Quevilly Rouen vs. Metz - 31 August 2012 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Metz vs. Laval - 2 August 2013". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Communiqué du club" (in French). Olympique Lyon. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Lyon vs. Metz - 27 January 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Lyon vs. Toulouse - 23 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Lyon stun Man City in Champions League". BBC Sport. 16 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Burnley sign Maxwel Cornet from Lyon on five-year deal". Sky Sports. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. ^ James, Alex (18 September 2021). "Sean Dyche delivers his Maxwel Cornet verdict as Burnley debutant makes mark in Arsenal defeat". LancsLive. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  11. ^ "PL Report: Leicester City 2–2 Burnley". Burnley F.C. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b "West Ham sign Burnley & Ivory Coast winger Cornet". BBC Sport. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : Maxwel Cornet et Seko Fofana ont choisi de jouer pour les Eléphants". L'Équipe (in French). 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Starting Lineups – Netherlands vs Ivory Coast". Sky Sports. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  15. ^ "I Want To Win Trophies Together" ⚒️ | Maxwel Cornet Sits Down With Guvna B, retrieved 9 August 2022
  16. ^ Maxwel Cornet at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Cornet, Maxwel". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Eight things you need to know about Maxwel Cornet". West Ham United. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  20. ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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