Randal Kolo Muani

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Randal Kolo Muani
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Kolo Muani with Nantes in 2020
Personal information
Full name Randal Kolo Muani
Date of birth (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Bondy, France
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2010 Villepinte FC
2010–2011 Tremblay FC
2011–2015 Torcy
2015–2018 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Nantes B 62 (17)
2018–2022 Nantes 79 (21)
2019–2020 → Boulogne (loan) 14 (3)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 32 (15)
International career‡
2020–2021 France U21 7 (1)
2021 France Olympic 4 (1)
2022– France 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:14, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Randal Kolo Muani (born 5 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the France national team.

Kolo Muani began his professional career at Nantes, where he scored 23 goals in 87 first-team appearances and won the Coupe de France. In 2022, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer, after his contract at Nantes expired.

Kolo Muani played youth international football for France at under-21 and Olympic levels. He made his senior international debut in September 2022. He was a member of the France squad that were runners-up at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Randal Kolo Muani[2] was born on 5 December 1998 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis.[3] He is of Congolese descent.[4][5]

Club career

Nantes

In his childhood, Kolo Muani played for several Parisian teams, including Villepinte,[6] Trembley and US Torcy.[7] During the same period, he also trained with Italian teams Vicenza and Cremonese,[8] before joining Nantes' youth academy in 2015.[9] Kolo Muani received his first call-up to the Nantes first team on 12 February 2017, for a match against Marseille[10] and on 4 June 2018, he signed his first professional contract with his childhood club, Nantes.[11] He made his professional debut in a 3–0 Ligue 1 loss to Saint-Étienne on 30 November 2018.[12] On 21 January 2019, he made his first start in a 1–0 loss to Angers.[13]

In August 2019, Kolo Muani joined Boulogne on a season-long loan deal.[14] On 30 August, he made his first appearance with the club in a Championnat National match against Avranches, and he scored his first goal for the club on 21 February 2020.[15] At Boulogne, he demonstrated his talents and contributed 3 goals and 5 assists, helping the club reach third place in the standings in the tournament, which ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17]

Kolo Muani returned to Nantes for the 2020–21 season and scored his first goal for Les Canaris in a 3–1 win against Brest.[18] He scored 9 goals and provided as many assists in 37 league appearances, but the club had a challenging season and finished in seventeenth place. As a result, they landed in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs against Toulouse, winners of the Ligue 2 play-offs.[19] During the play-offs, Kolo Muani scored one goal in two matches, helping Nantes avoid relegation.[20] During the following season, he won his first trophy with the club, the 2021–22 Coupe de France.[21][22]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 4 March 2022, Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt signed Kolo Muani on a pre-contract agreement ahead of the expiration of his Nantes contract.[23] He signed a five-year deal with the club.[24] On 26 October 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–1 win over Marseille,[25] and on 1 November, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 away victory over Sporting CP, securing his club's qualification to the knockout phase for the first time in the Champions League era.[26]

On 7 February 2023, Kolo Muani scored his first double in the DFB-Pokal in a 4–2 home victory over Darmstadt.[27] Eleven days later, he scored his 10th goal in the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen.[28] On 4 April, he scored a brace in 93 seconds in a 2–0 win over Union Berlin in the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals.[29] In his first season in the Bundesliga, Kolo Muani scored 15 goals and provided 11 assists, which made him the league's third-highest scorer and second-highest assister.[30]

International career

Kolo Muani was a youth international for France. He played matches for his country's under-21 and Olympic national teams.[31]

On 15 September 2022, Kolo Muani received his first call-up to the senior France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches.[32] On 16 November 2022, he replaced Christopher Nkunku in France's FIFA World Cup squad after the latter was forced to withdraw due to injury.[33][34] On 14 December, Kolo Muani scored his first goal for France, in the semi-final match against Morocco, slotting in a deflected shot from Kylian Mbappé.[35] He also became the third fastest player to score a goal as a substitute in the World Cup, after 44 seconds, only behind Richard Morales and Ebbe Sand.[35][36] In the final against Argentina, he won a penalty which was converted into a goal by Kylian Mbappé, then scored in the penalty shootout which ended in a 4–2 defeat.[37] During the match, past the 120th minute and into the final stoppage time before penalties, Kolo Muani had an opportunity to score the go-ahead goal and potentially win the World Cup for France, but it was saved by Emiliano Martínez in what has been described as the "new "Save of the Century"".[38] Kolo Muani recalls the moment by saying "I could have lobbed him, or find Kylian Mbappé [to the left]. But in the moment, I didn't see him. It's only when you watch back that you discover the other options. It's too late. It still sticks in my throat and it'll be there for life."[39][40][41][42]

Player profile

Style of play

Kolo Muani's playing style has drawn comparisons to the legendary French striker Thierry Henry. Like Henry, Kolo Muani began his career as a wide player known for his pace and trickery, but eventually transitioned into a center-forward position. Both players have a similar height of around 6'2" and possess rangy physiques. Kolo Muani's languid dribbling style and impressive speed are also reminiscent of Henry's style of play, particularly during his younger days. He has a remarkable strength on the ball and a playful approach to the game that can leave defenders trailing behind him.

France national team coach, Didier Deschamps, acknowledged Kolo Muani's many qualities, describing him as a player who has a significant presence, runs in behind from deep, and has a good finishing ability.

Frankfurt's head coach, Oliver Glasner, praised Kolo Muani's speed, tackling, dribbling, and finishing skills, noting that he is an asset to the team.

Markus Krösche, Eintracht Frankfurt's board member for sport, expressed his excitement for Kolo Muani's potential, stating that his speed, robustness, finishing skills, and tactical versatility are qualities that the team needs. He further noted that Kolo Muani's potential had attracted the interest of many clubs, and the team is delighted that he has chosen to take his next steps with them.[43]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 June 2023[44]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nantes B 2015–16 CFA 1 0 — — — 1 0
2016–17 CFA 21 8 — — — 21 8
2017–18 Championnat National 3 21 6 — — — 21 6
2018–19 Championnat National 2 17 3 — — — 17 3
2019–20 Championnat National 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
2020–21 Championnat National 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 62 17 — — — 62 17
Nantes 2018–19 Ligue 1 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 37 9 1 0 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 1 40 10
2021–22 Ligue 1 36 12 5 1 — — 41 13
Total 79 21 6 1 — 2 1 87 23
Boulogne (loan) 2019–20 Championnat National 14 3 — — — 14 3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2022–23 Bundesliga 32 15 6 6 7[lower-alpha 3] 2 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 46 23
Career total 187 56 12 7 7 2 3 1 209 66
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

As of match played 19 June 2023[45]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2022 5 1
2023 4 0
Total 9 1
As of match played 19 June 2023
France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kolo Muani goal.[45]
List of international goals scored by Randal Kolo Muani
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 14 December 2022 Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar 4  Morocco 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup [46]

Honours

Nantes

Eintracht Frankfurt

France

Individual

References

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