Kurufia Kebe

Kouroufia Kébé's route to Nancy ran through the reserve side of US Orléans, where he spent close to four years before making the step up. He joined the club's youth setup for the 2022–2023 season and worked his way through the ranks with US Orléans Loiret II, the reserve team, before a promotion to the senior squad in November 2025. His first professional contract followed in June 2026, a short spell that ended almost as soon as it began: a month later, on 1 July 2026, he moved to AS Nancy-Lorraine on a free transfer, agreeing a deal that runs until June 2029.

Born in Blois, Kébé holds dual French and Guinean nationality, and the "Franco-Guinean" tag has followed him through media coverage of his rise. He has not yet made an official appearance for either nation at senior international level. A right-footed midfielder.

His career so far is still short on minutes, with four matches recorded across his time at Orléans and Nancy in the 2025–2026 and 2026–2027 seasons. The move to Nancy, reported at the time by Vosges Matin, came without a transfer fee changing hands, as was also the case when he stepped up from the Orléans reserves to the first team.