Koura (right) with Just Fontaine
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Cheminots du Mans | ||
| 2004–2011 | Le Mans | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Le Mans | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Luzenac (loan) | 15 | (6) |
| 2013–2016 | Nîmes | 84 | (19) |
| 2016–2018 | Nancy | 41 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Lausanne-Sport | 41 | (11) |
| 2021 | → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | France U16 | 17 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | France U17 | 13 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | France U18 | 7 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | France U19 | 7 | (3) |
| 2017 | Burkina Faso | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2017 | |||
Anthony Koura (born 6 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in France, he played for the Burkina Faso national team.
On 9 June 2011, after featuring with the Le Mans's reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur for two straight seasons, Koura signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal.[1][2] He was subsequently promoted to the senior team permanently for the 2011–12 season and was assigned the number 11 shirt. He made his professional debut on 26 August 2011 appearing as a substitute in a 1–0 league defeat to Châteauroux.[3]
In early July 2016, Koura signed a three-year contract with newly promoted Ligue 1 club AS Nancy.[4]
In January 2019, he moved to FC Lausanne-Sport.[5]
Koura is a French youth international at various levels.[6] With the under-17 team, Koura played at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[7]
Koura is of Burkinabé descent, and was called up several times to the Burkina Faso national team.[8] He made his debut for Burkina Faso in a 2–0 friendly loss to Morocco on 24 March 2017.[9][10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Mans | 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Luzenac (loan) | 2012–13 | Championnat National | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 6 | |
| Nîmes | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 9 | |||
| Total | 84 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 19 | ||
| Nancy | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 28 | ||
