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Arouna Koné

アルナ・コネ　/　あるな・こね

Association football player from Ivory Coast

November 11, 1983 (age 42)　・　Anyama, Abidjan Department, Ivory Coast

Abidjan Department
association football player

My Take

What stays with me about Arouna Koné is the resilience underneath the resume. Coming out of Anyama in Ivory Coast, he broke through in the Eredivisie and earned a move to Sevilla, only to lose years there to injury and loan spells. Plenty of strikers would have faded. Instead he reinvented himself in England, grinding through Wigan and Everton and lifting an FA Cup along the way. I admire careers that survive their own setbacks. He was never the headline name, but he was the kind of professional who kept showing up, and I find that quietly heroic.

Overview

Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV, he signed with Sevilla in 2007, where he rarely appeared due to injury and loans. In 2012, he moved from Levante to the Premier League, where he represented Wigan Athletic and Everton, winning one FA Cup with the former.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Arouna Koné
Name (Japanese): アルナ・コネ
Reading: あるな・こね
Born: November 11, 1983 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Boar
Origin: Anyama, Abidjan Department, Ivory Coast
Blood type: Private
Height: 182 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/OfficielArounaK
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D

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