Kingsley Junior Coman (born 13 June 1996) is a French professional footballer. He plays as a winger for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Coman was runner-up to Manchester United’s Anthony Martial for the 2015 Golden Boy award, awarded to Europe’s best player under 21 years of age. He is the youngest player to play for Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 16.
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Kingsley Junior Coman (born 13 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Trained at Paris Saint-Germain’s academy, Coman moved to Juventus in 2014 on the expiration of his contract. In August 2015, he transferred on loan to Bayern Munich, then permanently, winning five Bundesliga, three DFB-Pokal, four DFL-Supercup and the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. He won the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by scoring the only goal in the final against PSG. Coman was runner-up to Manchester United’s Anthony Martial for the 2015 Golden Boy award, awarded to Europe’s best player under 21 years of age. He made his debut for the France senior team in November 2015 and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2016, in which they reached the final. He is the youngest player to play for PSG at the age of 16 years, eight months and four days. He has also played for Ligue 1 clubs Marseille, Lille, Montpellier, Auxerre, Lorient, Marseille and Lille Sport, scoring 11 goals in 39 caps for the French youth team.
In March 2016, he recorded three assists in a 5–0 victory over Werder Bremen. He came on as a substitute for Xabi Alonso, trailing 0–2 in the second leg of the Champions League Final, before scoring the final goal in extra time as Bayern won 4–2 against his parent club, Juventus. In July 2014, he signed a five-year deal with Italian champions Juventus, with an option to buy for a fee of an extra €21 million upon 30 April 2017, two months before the loan’s expiry. On 3 August 2013, PSG won the Trophée des Champions, defeating Bordeaux 2–1 in Gabon. He played the final 16 minutes in place of Ezequiel Lavezzi in the 3–2 defeat against Sochaux. On 30 August 2015,. Coman signed with Bayern Munich on a two-year loan from Juventus for a fees of €7 million to be paid in two instalments with anoption to buy. He scored his first goal for his new club, in a 3-0 victory at Darmstadt 98. The following week, he netted again in a win of the same margin at Mainz 05.
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