Full name Gnaly Maxwell Cornet 2004 ARS Laquenexy Weight 69 kg Number 27 Height 1.79 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Maxwel Cornet Career start 2012 | |
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Date of birth (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 19) Current team Olympique Lyonnais (#27 / Forward) Profiles | ||
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Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais.
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- Metz
- Lyon
- International career
- Club
- International
- International goals
- References
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 emmigrated 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.