spanish association football actor

Kourouma and the second or maternal family name is Kourouma. In this spanish name, the first gear or agnate surname isand the moment or parental family name is Moriba Kourouma Kourouma ( bear 19 January 2003 ), known as Ilaix Moriba ( Catalan : [ iˈɫaʃ muˈɾiβə ] ), is a guinean professional football player who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga golf club RB Leipzig and the Guinea national football team. [ 2 ]

early life [edit ]

Moriba was born in Conakry, Guinea, to a Guinean mother and a liberian father. [ 3 ] He holds both spanish and Guinean citizenship. [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

Barcelona [edit ]

Moriba arrived at Barcelona from Espanyol in 2010. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He has been considered one of the best players of his generation, and he has very much played in categories of players far older than him. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Moriba actually stood out at age 15 when he scored a hat-trick against the veridical Madrid U19. The most remarkable feat was his last finish, where he scored from the center of the pitch at the start of the second half. [ 9 ] In January 2019, as his young person contract was about to expire, clubs such as Manchester City and Juventus tried to sign him, but he finally came to sign a record deal, with a wage of more than €500,000 a class and a buyout article set at €100 million. [ 10 ] The trace season he became a regular for Barça B. He scored his first finish on 8 March 2020, the winner in a 3–2 victory against Llagostera. [ 11 ] During the 2020–21 season, Moriba was included in the beginning team team for the beginning clock for a La Liga match against Granada. He was an fresh stand-in in a 4–0 away win. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Moriba would late make his beginning team introduction – and as a starter – on 21 January against Cornellà in the rung of 32 of the Copa del Rey. He was replaced by Sergio Busquets in the 74th minute of a 2–0 winnings. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] On 13 February 2021, he made his La Liga introduction in a 5–1 gain over Alavés, in which he besides provided an assist for Francisco Trincão. [ 16 ] He scored his inaugural La Liga goal in a 2–0 away win against Osasuna on 6 March 2021, [ 17 ] to become the fifth youngest scorer in club ‘s history, topped lone by Ansu Fati, Bojan Krkić, Lionel Messi and Pedri. [ 18 ]

On 10 March 2021, Moriba made his UEFA Champions League introduction in a 1–1 guide against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16, coming on as a stand-in for Sergio Busquets in the 79th moment. [ 19 ]

RB Leipzig [edit ]

On 31 August 2021, Moriba joined Bundesliga side RB Leipzig for a tip of €16 million and €6 million extra in variables. Barcelona besides reserved the right to 10 % of any future sale. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

International career [edit ]

Moriba is a youth international with Spain, but he is besides eligible for both Guinea and Liberia. [ 4 ] It appeared the child finally chose to play for the Guinea national team, being set to make his introduction on the external stage in June 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic froze the 2020 football season. [ 22 ] On 21 August 2021, Moriba officially chose to change international allegiances from Spain and chose to play with the Guinea home football team. [ 23 ] On 27 December 2021, he was included in Guinea ‘s extend 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad. [ 24 ]

Playing dash [edit ]

due to his animalism and creativity, Moriba has been compared to French football player Paul Pogba. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 19 October 2021
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2019–20 Segunda División B 8 1 — — 3[a] 0 11 1
2020–21 11 1 — — 0 0 11 1
Total 19 2 — — 3 0 22 2
Barcelona 2020–21 La Liga 14 1 3 0 1[b] 0 0 0 18 1
RB Leipzig 2021–22 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1[b] 0 — 2 0
Career total 34 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 42 3

Honours [edit ]

Barcelona

References [edit ]