Maxwel Cornet
Country: France/Ivory Coast
Date of birth: 27/09/1996 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Bregbo (Ivory Coast)
Height: 1,79m
Club career: FC Metz
Squad number: 17
Current national team: France U-19
Position: winger, secondary striker, striker
Preferred foot: left
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 300,000 €
Contract until: 30.06.2015
Player’s agent: World Soccer Star GMBH
Similar type of player: Giuseppe Rossi & Goran Pandev
Strengths:
– pace
– acceleration
– dribbling
– balance
– dynamism
Style of play:
– false “9”/offensive allrounder
– likes to dribble
– likes to cut inside
– counter attack threat
– striker is at his best when he can get a good diagonal through ball
He is best suited to playing as:
Secondary striker in 4-4-2.
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Achievements:
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League summary:
Championnat National 2012/2013: 9 matches/1 goal (FC Metz)
Ligue 2 2013/2014 (ongoing): 10 matches/0 goals (FC Metz)
Description:
FC Metz might be a second division club, but their youth academy is well known all around the world. Its graduates include Emmanuel Adebayor, Miralem Pjanic, Robert Pires or Louis Saha. Maxwel Cornet is a player who also comes from that academy and might very well follow in the footsteps of his predecessors named here. He made his debut in the first team in 2012-13 season, in a cup match against Nice on 6th January 2013. His Ligue 2 debut came 8 months later – on 2nd August 2013, he played against Naval in a 1-0 victory. He replaced Yeni N’Gbakoto after 79 minutes. This season he has already got a ton of experience, having played 10 games, where he showed what he is made of. It is very likely that he will become a regular in the FC Metz first team. He is Ivorian by descent, but he represents France at U-19 level, having also played for its U-16, U-17 and U-18 national teams.
Quotes:
“Enquiries will also come in for Maxwel Cornet, the 16-year-old starlet. He could be FC Metz’s lottery ticket, after they had the good sense to persuade him to sign a first professional contract last November.”
(frenchfootballweekly.com – website about French football)
Football Talent Scout potential rating:
First team material in a top European club.
Links:
Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/maxwel-cornet/profil/spieler_234781.html
Soccerway: http://int.soccerway.com/players/gnaly-cornet/260856/