Randal Kolo Muani

Randal Kolo Muani (born 5 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain and the France national team.

Kolo Muani began his professional career at Nantes, where he scored 23 goals in 87 first-team appearances and won the Coupe de France.

In 2022, he joined German club Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer.

He went on to score 26 goals in 50 matches in one year at the club before returning to France with Paris Saint-Germain in an €80 million deal.

Kolo Muani played youth international football for France at under-21 and Olympic levels.

He made his senior international debut in September 2022, and was a member of the France squad that were runners-up at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Randal Kolo Muani was born on 5 December 1998 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, to parents born in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo.

He holds both French and Congolese nationalities.

He acquired French nationality on 3 September 2008, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.

In his childhood, Kolo Muani played for several Parisian teams, including Villepinte, Tremblay and Torcy.

Eleven days later, he scored his 10th goal in the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen.

On 4 April, he scored a brace in 93 seconds in a 2–0 win over Union Berlin in the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals.

In his first season in the Bundesliga, Kolo Muani scored 15 goals and provided 11 assists, which made him the league's third-highest scorer and second-highest assister.

On 29 August 2023, in an interview with Sky Germany, Kolo Muani publicly revealed that Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) had made a "record offer" to sign him, and stated that he would "like to move to Paris", having informed Eintracht Frankfurt directors of his desire to leave the club.

He subsequently refused to train with Frankfurt, and was left out of the team's squad for a match against Levski Sofia.

Sporting director Markus Kroesche condemned Kolo Muani's behavior, saying that it would have "no influence on transfer business".

On 1 September 2023, Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain signed Kolo Muani for €80 million, with an additional €5 million in potential bonuses.

He joined the club on a five-year contract.

On 15 September, Kolo Muani made his PSG debut as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Nice, assisting Kylian Mbappé's second goal.

He made his Champions League debut and first start for the club in a 2–0 win over Borussia Dortmund four days later.

On 24 September, Kolo Muani scored his first goal for PSG in a 4–0 win over Le Classique rivals Marseille.

He also assisted Gonçalo Ramos's second goal in the same match.

On 25 October, Kolo Muani scored his first Champions League goal for PSG in a 3–0 win over AC Milan.

Kolo Muani was a youth international for France.

During the same period, he also trained with Italian teams Vicenza and Cremonese, before joining Nantes' youth academy in 2015.

Kolo Muani received his first call-up to the Nantes first team on 12 February 2017, for a match against Marseille and on 4 June 2018, he signed his first professional contract with his childhood club, Nantes.

He made his professional debut in a 3–0 Ligue 1 loss to Saint-Étienne on 30 November 2018.

On 21 January 2019, he made his first start in a 1–0 loss to Angers.

In August 2019, Kolo Muani joined Boulogne on a season-long loan deal.

On 30 August, he made his first appearance with the club in a Championnat National match against Avranches, and he scored his first goal for the club on 21 February 2020.

At Boulogne, he demonstrated his talents and contributed 3 goals and 5 assists, helping the club reach third place in the standings in the tournament, which ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kolo Muani returned to Nantes for the 2020–21 season and scored his first goal for Les Canaris in a 3–1 win against Brest.

He scored 9 goals and provided as many assists in 37 league appearances, but the club had a challenging season and finished in seventeenth place.

As a result, they landed in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs against Toulouse, winners of the Ligue 2 play-offs.

During the play-offs, Kolo Muani scored one goal in two matches, helping Nantes avoid relegation.

During the following season, he won his first trophy with the club, the 2021–22 Coupe de France.

On 4 March 2022, Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt signed Kolo Muani on a pre-contract agreement ahead of the expiration of his Nantes contract.

He signed a five-year deal with the club.

On 26 October 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–1 win over Marseille, and on 1 November, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 away victory over Sporting CP, securing his club's qualification to the knockout phase for the first time in the Champions League era.

On 7 February 2023, Kolo Muani scored his first double in the DFB-Pokal in a 4–2 home victory over Darmstadt.