Franck Kessié is a midfielder in Atalanta’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 Serie A season. Kessié was born on 19 December 1996 in Ouragahio, Ivory Coast.
He began his senior career at Cesena in 2015, and he went on to play for AC Milan, Barcelona and Al-Ahli. He moved to Atalanta in 2016.
Kessié is a senior international for Ivory Coast, and he played for their youth teams on the way up.
Since his first senior season in 2015/16, Kessié has made 456 club appearances and scored 77 goals in all competitions for 5 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2020/21: 14 goals in 50 appearances for AC Milan. His busiest campaign was 2017/18, with 54 appearances. So far in 2026/27 he has made 3 appearances for Atalanta. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.