Maxwel Cornet


Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais and the Ivory Coast national team.

Career

Metz

Cornet is a youth exponent from Metz. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 August 2013 against Stade Lavallois. He replaced Yeni Ngbakoto after 79 minutes in a 1–0 home victory.

Lyon

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

International career

Cornet was born in the Ivory Coast, and emigrated to France at a young age. He was a youth international for France at every level but declared for the Ivory Coast national team on 5 April 2017. He made his senior debut for Ivory Coast in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Netherlands on 4 June 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2017Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast31–21–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.12 October 2018Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast64–04–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.23 March 2019Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast93–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.1 July 201930 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt153–14–12019 Africa Cup of Nations