Franck Yannick Kessié - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Ivorian player, who obtained 100 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps    Date 	Venue 		Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1    6- 9-14	Abidjan 	Sierra Leone	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
  2   11-10-14	Pointe-Noire	Congo-Kinshasa	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
  3   15-10-14	Abidjan 	Congo-Kinshasa	3-4	African Cup Qualifier
  4   25-10-14	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-1	
  5   30-11-14	Nelspruit	South Africa	0-2	Mandela Cup
  6   20- 5-16	Budapest	Hungary 	0-0	
  7    4- 6-16	Bouaké  	Gabon   	2-1	
  8    3- 9-16	Bouaké  	Sierra Leone	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
  9    8-10-16	Bouaké  	Mali    	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 10   12-11-16	Marrakech	Morocco 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 11   15-11-16	Lens    	France  	0-0	
 12   11- 1-17	Abu Dhabi	Uganda  	3-0	
 13   16- 1-17	Oyem    	Togo    	0-0	African Nations Cup
 14   20- 1-17	Oyem    	Congo-Kinshasa	2-2	African Nations Cup
 15   24- 1-17	Oyem    	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
 16   24- 3-17	Krasnodar	Russia  	2-0	
 17    4- 6-17	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-5	
 18   10- 6-17	Bouaké  	Guinea  	2-3	African Cup Qualifier
 19    2- 9-17	Libreville	Gabon   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 20    5- 9-17	Bouaké  	Gabon   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 21    6-10-17	Bamako  	Mali    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22   11-11-17	Abidjan 	Morocco 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 23   24- 3-18	Beauvais	Togo    	2-2	
 24    9- 9-18	Kigali  	Rwanda  	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
 25   12-10-18	Bouaké  	Central Afr. R.	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
 26   16-10-18	Bangui  	Central Afr. R.	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
 27   18-11-18	Conakry 	Guinea  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
 28   23- 3-19	Abidjan 	Rwanda  	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
 29   15- 6-19	Abu Dhabi	Uganda  	0-1	
 30   19- 6-19	Abu Dhabi	Zambia  	4-1	
 31   24- 6-19	Cairo   	South Africa	1-0	African Nations Cup
 32   28- 6-19	Cairo   	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
 33    1- 7-19	Cairo   	Namibia 	4-1	African Nations Cup
 34    8- 7-19	Port Suez	Mali    	1-0	African Nations Cup
 35   11- 7-19	Port Suez	Algeria  	1-1 [1]	African Nations Cup
 36    6- 9-19	Caen    	Benin   	1-2	
 37   10- 9-19	Rouen   	Tunisia 	2-1	
 38   13-10-19	Amiens  	Congo-Kinshasa	3-1	
 39   16-11-19	Abidjan 	Niger   	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
 40    8-10-20	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-1	
 41   13-10-20	Utrecht 	Japan   	0-1	
 42   12-11-20	Abidjan 	Madagascar	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
 43   17-11-20	Toamasina	Madagascar	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
 44   26- 3-21	Niamey  	Niger   	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
 45   30- 3-21	Abidjan 	Ethiopia	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
 46    5- 6-21	Abidjan 	Burkina Faso	2-1	
 47   12- 6-21	Cape Coast	Ghana   	0-0	
 48    8-10-21	Johannesburg	Malawi  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 49   11-10-21	Cotonou 	Malawi  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 50   13-11-21	Cotonou 	Mozambique	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 51   16-11-21	Douala   	Cameroon	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 52   12- 1-22	Douala   	Equat. Guinea  	1-0	African Nations Cup
 53   16- 1-22	Douala   	Sierra Leone	2-2	African Nations Cup
 54   20- 1-22	Douala   	Algeria 	3-1	African Nations Cup
 55   26- 1-22	Douala   	Egypt       	0-0 [2]	African Nations Cup
 56   25- 3-22	Marseille	France  	1-2	
 57   29- 3-22	London  	England 	0-3	
 58   24- 9-22	Quevilly	Togo    	2-1	
 59   27- 9-22	Amiens  	Guinea  	3-1	
 60   24- 3-23	Bouaké  	Comoros 	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
 61   28- 3-23	Iconi   	Comoros 	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
 62   17- 6-23	Ndola   	Zambia  	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
 63    9- 9-23	San-Pédro	Lesotho 	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
 64   12- 9-23	Abidjan 	Mali     	0-0 [3]	
 65   14-10-23	Abidjan 	Morocco 	1-1	
 66   17-10-23	Abidjan 	South Africa	1-1	
 67   17-11-23	San-Pédro	Seychelles	9-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68   20-11-23	Dar-es-Salaam	Gambia  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 69    6- 1-24	San-Pédro	Sierra Leone	5-1	
 70   13- 1-24	Abidjan 	Guinea-Bissau  	2-0	African Nations Cup
 71   18- 1-24	Abidjan 	Nigeria 	0-1	African Nations Cup
 72   22- 1-24	Abidjan 	Equat. Guinea  	0-4	African Nations Cup
 73   29- 1-24	Yamoussoukro	Senegal  	1-1 [4]	African Nations Cup
 74    3- 2-24	Yamoussoukro	Mali    	2-1	African Nations Cup
 75    7- 2-24	Bouaké  	Congo-Kinshasa	1-0	African Nations Cup
 76   11- 2-24	Abidjan 	Nigeria 	2-1	African Nations Cup
 77   23- 3-24	Amiens  	Benin   	2-2	
 78   26- 3-24	Lens    	Uruguay 	2-1	
 79    7- 6-24	Korhogo 	Gabon   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 80   11- 6-24	Lilongwe	Kenya   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 81    6- 9-24	Bouaké  	Zambia  	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
 82   10- 9-24	Yaoundé 	Chad    	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
 83   11-10-24	San-Pedro	Sierra Leone	4-1	African Cup Qualifier
 84   15-10-24	Paynesville	Sierra Leone	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
 85   15-11-24	Ndola   	Zambia  	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
 86   19-11-24	Abidjan 	Chad    	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
 87   21- 3-25	Meknès  	Burundi 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 88   24- 3-25	Abidjan 	Gambia  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 89    7- 6-25	Toronto 	New Zealand	0-1	Canadian Shield
 90   10- 6-25	Toronto 	Canada   	0-0 [5]	Canadian Shield
 91    5- 9-25	Abidjan 	Burundi 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 92    9- 9-25	Franceville	Gabon   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 93   10-10-25	Saint Pierre	Seychelles	7-0	World Cup Qualifier
 94   14-10-25	Abidjan 	Kenya   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 95   14-11-25	Jeddah  	Saudi Arabia	0-1	
 96   24-12-25	Marrakech	Mozambique	1-0	African Nations Cup
 97   27-12-25	Marrakech	Cameroon	1-1	African Nations Cup
 98   31-12-25	Marrakech	Gabon   	3-2	African Nations Cup
 99    6- 1-26	Marrakech	Burkina Faso	3-0	African Nations Cup
100   10- 1-26	Agadir  	Egypt      	2-3	African Nations Cup

[1] Ivory Coast lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Ivory Coast lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Match abandoned at 45’ due to weather problems.
[4] Ivory Coast won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[5] Ivory Coast won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match against Sweden League Team (2-1, 8- 1-2017 in Abu Dhabi) was not full A;
    the match against Senegal  (1-1, 27- 3-17 in Paris) was abandoned after 88' due
    to a pitch invasion, and is not considered full by Senegal and FIFA; therefore,
    neither match is included here.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   100	  52   26   22	161-  87     130      65.00


Types of Matches
Friendlies		28
African Cup Qualifier	25
African Nations Cup	24
World Cup Qualifier	20
Other Tournaments	 3

Total caps:            100

Goals:	
Cap 39	1 goal
Cap 40	1 goal
Cap 43	1 goal
Cap 45	1 goal
Cap 49	1 goal
Cap 54	1 goal
Cap 58	1 goal
Cap 61	1 goal
Cap 69	1 goal
Cap 73	1 goal
Cap 76	1 goal
Cap 83	2 goals
Cap 93	1 goal
Cap 94	1 goal

Total  15 goals

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Last updated: 2 Apr 2026

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