Ismaël Koné
Canadian soccer player
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- Jun 21
Canada's Ismael Koné returns to team hotel with broken leg, greeted as hero by teammates after World Cup surgery
The midfielder underwent emergency surgery for a fracture suffered in the win over Qatar and was mobbed by team-mates upon his return to the Vancouver hotel on Saturday.
- Jun 19
Canada secures first World Cup win with 6-0 demolition of Qatar; midfielder Koné suffers broken leg in gruesome foul
Canada secured their first-ever World Cup victory in Vancouver on Thursday night, overwhelming nine-man Qatar 6-0 in a match stained by two Qatari red cards and a double leg fracture for midfielder Ismaël Koné.
