Introduction
Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet (born 27 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais and the Ivory Coast national team.
Career
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 emigrated 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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 March 2020
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Lyon | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 43 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 36 | 12 | |||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |||
| Total | 147 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 46 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 235 | 47 | ||
International
- As of match played 19 November 2019
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 4 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2017 | Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast | 3 |  Gabon |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 12 October 2018 | 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 | |
| 4. | 1 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 15 |  Namibia |
3–1 | 4–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |