Ibrahim Koné

Goalkeeper - US Boulogne
5 Dec 2026
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Marked for Ibrahim Koné

18 Edition

The US Boulogne Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Nov 2026

No end in sight to US Boulogne's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at US Boulogne has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at US Boulogne

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Paris Brunner was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match28 Nov 2026

US Boulogne come up short against Clermont Foot

Clermont Foot left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at US Boulogne

Julien Boyer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Exaucé Mpembélé

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Exaucé Mpembélé, and the manager let it.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

Wages eat 98% of everything US Boulogne earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Costly mistake from Ibrahim Koné

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Ibrahim Koné knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Olivier David to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Ibrahim Koné's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The US Boulogne Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match21 Nov 2026

The wait goes on for US Boulogne

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A one-man rearguard from Ibrahim Koné

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at US Boulogne

Paris Brunner and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match21 Nov 2026

US Boulogne come up short against Stade de Reims

Stade de Reims left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A row about effort at US Boulogne

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Moreno was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Ibrahim Sangaré

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ibrahim Sangaré, and the manager let it.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Olivier David answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Noah Fatar beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 12. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

When it matters, Amine El Farissi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

13 Edition

The US Boulogne Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Oct 2026

Louis Siliadin breaks a bone — 37 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ibrahim Koné stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Eden Gassama: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Boulogne have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Paris Brunner falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Victor Daguin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match24 Oct 2026

AS Saint-Etienne take the points off US Boulogne

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at US Boulogne

Aurélien Platret was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Olivier David to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Amine El Farissi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at US Boulogne will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

4 Edition

The US Boulogne Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

The knee: Florian Boulet out for 31 days

31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Boulogne lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match22 Aug 2026

A hiding for US Boulogne

Beaten 1‑4 by USL Dunkerque, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad24 Aug 2026

9 saves: Ibrahim Koné was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market24 Aug 2026

Aurélien Platret hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Boulogne can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Ousmane Ba

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. US Boulogne have done the hard part with FC Metz, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

US Boulogne rebuffed over Bryan Okoh

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AJ Auxerre have kept their man, and US Boulogne go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Karim Boutera attracts admirers

The name of Karim Boutera has come up in conversations US Boulogne were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at US Boulogne training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Exaucé Mpembélé is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Zanga Koné in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Boulogne this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

2 Edition

The US Boulogne Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Ibrahim Koné stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Rapid Bucharest tell US Boulogne: Antoine Baroan is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Marcel Laine joins the US Boulogne first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcel Laine is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Pierre Blanc joins the US Boulogne first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pierre Blanc is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Théodore Dumont steps up from the US Boulogne academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Théodore Dumont has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Michel Schneider joins the US Boulogne first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michel Schneider is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match8 Aug 2026

US Boulogne come up short against Amiens SC

Amiens SC left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at US Boulogne

Zanga Koné and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Olivier David: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief