Corentin Tolisso is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the France national team. A graduate of the Lyon academy, he made his professional debut for the club in 2013 and played 160 matches and scored 29 goals. He joined Bayern Munich for €41.5 million in the summer of 2017, a record for a transfer to a German club.

Corentin Tolisso’s Early Life

Corentin Tolisso was born to Vincent Tolisso on 3rd August 1994 in Tarare, France. He is Leo which defines his personality to be action-oriented. Tolisso holds both Togolese & French nationalities and belongs to Caucasian ethnicity.

Corentin Tolisso’s Early Career Life

Lyon

At the age of 13, Corentin Tolisso joined the club, Lyon. In there, he made his first professional debut with the score 4-0 in Ligue 1 with the great victory over the club, Nice. Again, he made his European club competition debut in a victory score of 1-0 against HNK Rijeka in the group stage of the “2013-14 UEFA Europa League” on the date of 24th October 2013. Then, Tolisso signed his first professional contract with Lyon for up to 2017 after a week. On 9th March 2014, he made his first goal for the club with the winning score of 2-1 against the club, Bordeaux. In total, he appeared in 146 matches with 22 goals scored for his club.

Bayern Munich

On 14th June 2017, he signed a 5-year-contract deal with the fee of $41.5 million plus up to $7.46 million potential bonus for the transfer to Bayern Munich. On the date of 5th August, he made the first debut for this club in a penalty shoot-out game against Borussia Dortmund which was a victory to this club.

In total, he made 17 appearances and scored 2 goals for his native football club.

Tolisso started the season as a World Cup champion after winning the title with France. He made a total of 28 appearances and scored four goals in the 2019–20 treble winning season. He came on as a second half substitute in the UCL final in a 1–0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

On 21 October 2020, Tolisso scored a stunning goal in a 4–0 win against Atlético Madrid in the first match of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stages.

On 30 May 2022, Bayern announced that Tolisso was to leave the club after the end of the season.

On 1 July 2022, Lyon confirmed Tolisso's return to the club on a five-year deal until 2027.

Corentin Tolisso’s International Career

Though born in France, and has represented the nation at various youth levels, including the U21 side with whom he was the captain, Tolisso was also eligible to represent Togo through his paternal lineage. In 2016, Togo manager Claude Le Roy revealed that he would try to convince Tolisso to represent the nation instead of France. Tolisso had previously acknowledged his ties to Togo but was loyal to France, stating that "I was born here and grew up here."

Having previously represented France at various youth levels, Tolisso was called up to the senior squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017. He made his debut on 28 March 2017 against the latter, starting the game and being replaced by Thomas Lemar in the 80th minute of a 2–0 friendly home loss.

His name was also enlisted in the squad of World Cup 2018 Russia. He was also the main player in the team to win the final game against Croatia with the winning score of 4-2.

Corentin Tolisso’s Personal Life

Concerning his personal life, Tolisso is a secret person. About his relationship, he has fully disclosed it. He had maintained the low profile of him. He has not shared any relationship status until now. As per source, he may be single and unmarried. He has not been spotted in public area with any girl that may be girlfriend or spouse. 

Corentin Tolisso’s Net Worth

His net worth is estimated to be $10 million. Tolisso’s market value is recorded to be $49.71 million as of 2018, currently. In mid-2017, he was transferred to the German club Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of $46.8 million. He might earn a good amount of salary but he has yet to disclose his full salary.  as of 2023, the player has a net worth of $20 million.