Franck Kessié
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Kessié with Ivory Coast in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Franck Yannick Kessié | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ouragahio, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Stella Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Stella Club | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Atalanta | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Cesena (loan) | 37 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | → AC Milan (loan) | 71 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | AC Milan | 103 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Barcelona | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Ahli | 82 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ivory Coast U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Ivory Coast U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ivory Coast Olympic | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Ivory Coast | 101 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:59, 13 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 January 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Franck Yannick Kessié (born 19 December 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and the Ivory Coast national team.
After advancing through Atalanta, Kessié joined AC Milan in 2017 on loan, securing a permanent move two years later and playing a pivotal role in their Serie A success in the 2021–22 season. In 2022, he joined Barcelona, clinching titles in La Liga and Supercopa de España, before his transfer to Al-Ahli in 2023.
An Ivorian international since 2014, Kessié was part of the squad that won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil.