 Kondogbia playing for Valencia in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Geoffrey Edwin Kondogbia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1993[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nemours, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Nandy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Sénart-Moissy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Lens | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Lens B | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Lens | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sevilla | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Monaco | 49 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Inter Milan | 50 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Valencia (loan) | 31 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Valencia | 51 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Atlético Madrid | 73 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Marseille | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | France U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | France U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U18 | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U19 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | France U20 | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | France U21 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | France | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Central African Republic | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Edwin Kondogbia (born 15 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Central African Republic national team, which he captains. Primarily a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back or left-back.[4]
Kondogbia started his career at Lens,[5] then signed with Sevilla at the age of 19. In 2013 he was bought by Monaco for €20 million, and then by Inter Milan for €31 million two years later. He returned to Spain in 2017 to play for Valencia, winning the Copa del Rey in 2019. In 2020 he moved to Atlético Madrid, winning La Liga in his first season.
Kondogbia earned 57 caps for his birth country of France across its youth levels,[5] before making his debut for the senior team in 2014. In August 2018, he was cap-tied to the Central African Republic by switching his allegiance, and made his debut for its national team in an official match shortly after.[6]
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 25 de mayo de 2019, en Sevilla" [Minutes of the match held on 25 May 2019, in Seville] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Geoffrey Kondogbia". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Qui sont Varane, Kondogbia, Hazard et Deligny" [Who are Varane, Kondogbia, Hazard and Deligny] (in French). Lensois. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Kondogbia: "Mon objectif, c'est Bollaert"" [Kondogbia: "Bollaert is my goal"] (in French). Lensois. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ @valenciacf (31 August 2018). "@Geo_Kondogbia convocado con la Selección de fútbol de la República Centroafricana para un partido ante Guinea Conakry. El partido se jugará el próximo 9 de septiembre y corresponde a la eliminatoria clasificatoria para la Copa de Africa 2019 (CAN) 👍🏽" [@Geo_Kondogbia summoned by the Central African Republic national football team for a match against Guinea Conakry. The match will be played the next 9 September and corresponds to the 2019 African Cup (CAN) qualifying round 👍🏽] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Twitter.