Maxwel Cornet
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet | ||
Date of birth | 27 September 1996 | ||
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 | 30 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:44, 24 September 2022 (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. 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.
Lyon
On 16 January 2015, Cornet signed for Ligue 1 club Lyon. 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. Cornet scored his first goal for Lyon on 23 October 2015 as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–0 home win over Toulouse.
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.
Burnley
On 29 August 2021, Cornet signed for Premier League club Burnley for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal. On 18 September, he made his Burnley debut as a substitute, replacing Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson in a 1–0 defeat against Arsenal. Cornet scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Leicester City on 25 September. Although the season culminated in relegation for Burnley, Cornet finished the season as the team's top scorer with nine goals in 26 appearances.
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.
International career
Cornet was born in Ivory Coast, and emigrated with his family to northern France at the age of three. 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.
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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 January 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 10 | |
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 43 | 7 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 36 | 12 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Premier League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Career total | 249 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 336 | 62 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 24 September 2022
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ivory Coast | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
2018 | 3 | 1 | |
2019 | 11 | 3 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 1 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 6 |
- As of match played 13 November 2021
- Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20
West Ham United
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People with acquired French citizenship
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Ivorian emigrants to France
- Ivorian men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Ivory Coast men's international footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Championnat National players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Premier League players
- FC Metz players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Burnley F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- UEFA Europa Conference League winning players