Randal THE GENTLEMAN
Born on December 5, 1998 in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) – 23 years old – 1m87, 73kg – right
Forward – 2 caps
Path : FC Villepinte (2004-2009), Tremblay (2009-2011), US Torcy (2011-2015), FC Nantes (2015-2022), US Boulogne (2019-2020), Eintracht Frankfurt (since 2022)
Results: French Cup (2022)
It’s hard to see your teammates going to the training center when a recalcitrant knee, due to Osgood-Schlatter disease, prevents you from playing your card to the fullest. For Randal Kolo Muani, then in U15 at Torcy, a club renowned for its youth teams, professionalism is still a chimera. Yes, at INF Clairefontaine, he hadn’t passed the selection course.
Finally, FC Nantes believes in his feline and his ease, and repatriates him to Jonelière during the season with the U18s. A first step. He stands out first in his age category and then quickly in reserve. And a year after his arrival in the Canary Islands, he pushes the door to the professional group. At that time, the inconclusive trials in Italy, in Cremonese and Vicenza, seemed very far away…
But between his first report at Beaujoire and his debut in Ligue 1, almost two years passed. Confidence is not absolute in this striker who still lacks depth. His loan to Boulogne-sur-Mer (National Team), which got off to a bad start, will be a trigger in his way of working and in the constancy he will have to show if he wants to exist among the professionals. Talent is no longer enough.
The lesson learned, he was eventually born in Loire-Atlantique where his percussion and finishing qualities also appealed to Sylvain Ripoll who called him to the Espoirs. Before keeping him on the French Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympics. Eager to reach a new level, Randal Kolo Muani joins Eintracht Frankfurt for free this summer, where his acclimatization in the Bundesliga and Champions League has allowed him to discover the Blues. And participate, after Christopher Nkunku’s injury, in his first World Cup.
