Kalifa Coulibaly
Coulibaly with Gent in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Quevilly-Rouen
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Real Bamako
2011–2014 Paris Saint-Germain B 86 (30)
2014–2015 Charleroi 29 (7)
2015–2017 Gent 60 (12)
2017–2022 Nantes 99 (21)
2022–2023 Red Star Belgrade 4 (1)
2023– Quevilly-Rouen 11 (3)
International career‡
2013– Mali 30 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:44, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Kalifa Coulibaly (born 21 August 1991) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen and the Mali national team.

Club career

Born in Bamako, Coulibaly played club football for Real Bamako, Paris Saint-Germain B and Sporting Charleroi[1][2] before signing a four-year deal with Gent in June 2015.[3]

On 18 August 2017, FC Nantes announced the signing of Coulibaly on a five-year deal.[4]

On 29 August 2022, Coulibaly signed with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia until the end of the season, with an option to extend.[5]

International career

Coulibaly made his international debut for the Mali national team in 2013.[1] He was a member of the squad at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 9 June 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 0 0
2016 2 0
2017 5 1
2018 1 0
2019 7 1
2020 2 0
2021 4 3
2022 4 1
Total 30 6
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Coulibaly goal.[1]
List of international goals scored by Kalifa Coulibaly
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 June 2017 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali  Gabon 1–1 2–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 23 March 2019 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali  South Sudan 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 11 June 2021 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia  DR Congo 1–0 1–1 Friendly
4 11 November 2021 Nyamirambo Regional Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda  Rwanda 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 14 November 2021 Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco  Uganda 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 4 June 2022 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali  Congo 4–0 4–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Real Bamako

Nantes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kalifa Coulibaly". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ Kalifa Coulibaly at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Coulibaly tekent bij AA Gent, Pollet maakt de omgekeerde beweging" (in Dutch). Sporza. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Kalifa Coulibaly (La Gantoise) à Nantes, c'est officiel". L'Équipe (in French). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Калифа Кулибали у Звезди!" (in Serbian). Red Star Belgrade. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Mali : 3 recalés, la liste des 23 pour la CAN" (in French). Afrik Foot. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. ^ "MALIAN CUP 2010 – FINALE". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  8. ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 – 2022 – FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

External links

US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole – current squad
Mali squads
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