Moussa Kounfolo Yeo (born 1 June 2004) is a Malian football player who plays as a midfielder for the Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
_39c_(cropped).jpg) Yeo in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moussa Kounfolo Yeo | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 49 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2022 | Guidars FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Mali U20 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:25, 16 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editYeo is a youth product of the Malian club Guidars FC. On 7 August 2022, he transferred to the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg on a 5-year contract, and was immediately loaned to their farm club FC Liefering.[2] He made his debut with Salzburg as a substitute in a 5–1 Austrian Football Bundesliga win over TSV Hartberg on 12 May 2024.[3] He formally returned to the senior Red Bull Salzburg side for the 2024–25 season.[4]
International career
editYeo is a youth international for Mali, having played for the Mali U20s.[5]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 1 September 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Liefering (loan) | 2022–23 | 2. Liga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. Liga | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Total | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
edit- ^ "YEO Moussa Kounfolo".
- ^ "Red Bull Salzburg verpflichtet 18-jähriges Talent aus Mali". www.laola1.at.
- ^ "Live Commentary - Hartberg vs Salzburg | 12.05.2024". Sky Sports.
- ^ "A new generation comes to the fore - FC Red Bull Salzburg". www.redbullsalzburg.at. 11 August 2024.
- ^ MBA, hamiss (8 August 2022). "Mali-Mercato: Salzbourg recrute un milieu de terrain malien".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moussa Kounfolo Yeo.
- Profile at the FC Red Bull Salzburg website
- OEFB Profile
- Moussa Yeo – UEFA competition record (archive)
