Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer, born 1988)

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Mohamed Coulibaly
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Aly Coulibaly[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Bakel, Senegal[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Club information
Current team
 Vaduz
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Gueugnon 2 (0)
2009–2011 Saint-Louis Neuweg 8 (3)
2011 Dornach 5 (1)
2011–2013 Grasshoppers II 0 (0)
2011–2013 Grasshoppers 10 (0)
2013–2015 Bournemouth 7 (0)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Port Vale (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Racing Santander 59 (9)
2017 Logroñés 8 (4)
2017– Vaduz 103 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:11, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Mohamed Aly Coulibaly (born 7 August 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Swiss Super League side Vaduz.

Coulibaly has played in France, Switzerland, England and Spain for Gueugnon, Saint-Louis Neuweg, Dornach and Grasshoppers, Bournemouth, Coventry City, Port Vale, Racing Santander, Logroñés and Vaduz. He scored two goals in the 2020 Swiss Challenge League play-offs to help Vaduz win promotion into the Swiss Super League.

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Bakel, Senegal, Coulibaly began his career in France with Gueugnon and Saint-Louis Neuweg.[4]

In 2011 Coulibaly joined Swiss side Dornach, moving on to Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League later that year.[4][5] He made five appearances in the 2012–13 season as Grasshoppers finished second in the league.[4] He was also an unused substitute in the Swiss Cup final; as they beat Basel on penalties.[6]

Bournemouth[]

Coulibaly signed with for Championship club Bournemouth in July 2013.[7] Later that month he spoke about his respect for manager Eddie Howe.[8] Throughout the first half of the 2013–14 season Coulibaly suffered a number of injuries,[9] though in January 2014 it was revealed he was close to returning after 14 weeks out.[10]

Coulibaly moved on loan to League One side Coventry City in July 2014.[11] He played eight games for Steven Pressley's "Sky Blues" before his loan was terminated due to "personal reasons" in November 2014.[12] He moved on loan to Port Vale in March 2015.[13] Following Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League, Coulibaly was released at the end of the 2014–15 season.[14][15]

Spain[]

In July 2015, Coulibaly signed a two-year deal with Racing de Santander, newly relegated to Segunda División B.[16] He scored eight goals in 41 appearances in the 2015–16 campaign to help Santander to win the division, however they failed to achieve promotion after losing to Reus in the play-offs.[4][17][18] He left the club after his contract was cancelled on 31 January 2017.[19]

Coulibaly joined Segunda División B club UD Logroñés in April 2017 on a deal running until the end of the 2016–17 season.[20] On 14 May, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Gernika at the Estadio Las Gaunas.[21]

Vaduz[]

On 5 July 2017, Coulibaly signed with Liechtenstein-based Swiss Challenge League side Vaduz.[22] The club won the Liechtenstein Football Cup in 2018 with a 3–0 victory over FC Balzers and defeated FC Ruggell 3–2 in the 2019 final to secure the trophy for the seventh successive time.[4] He scored 13 goals in 39 games during the 2019–20 season as Vaduz finished second behind Lausanne-Sport.[4] They were placed in a play-off game against Thun and gained promotion into the Swiss Super League with a 5–4 aggregate victory, with Coulibaly claiming two goals in the away tie at the Stockhorn Arena.[23] Vaduz were relegated after finishing bottom of the Swiss Super League in the 2020–21 campaign; Coulibaly scored two goals in 17 games, both goals coming against Sion.[4]

Personal life[]

His brothers Karim, and Aly are also professional footballers.[24]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 15 May 2021[4][25]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshoppers [4] Swiss Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13[4] Swiss Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Bournemouth 2013–14[26] Championship 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2014–15[27] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[27] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 0
Port Vale (loan) 2014–15[27] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Racing de Santander 2015–16[4] Segunda División B 40 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 8
2016–17[4] Segunda División B 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Total 59 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 63 9
UD Logroñés 2016–17[4] Segunda División B 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
Vaduz 2017–18[4] Swiss Challenge League 28 7 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 29 7
2018–19[4] Swiss Challenge League 28 2 0 0 0 0 4[b] 2 32 4
2019–20[4] Swiss Challenge League 31 9 0 0 0 0 8[c] 4 39 13
2020–21[4] Swiss Super League 16 2 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 17 2
Total 103 20 0 0 0 0 14 6 117 92
Career total 195 33 4 0 1 0 16 6 216 39
  1. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League.
  3. ^ 2 appearances in the play-offs and 6 appearances and 2 goals in the UEFA Europa League.

Honours[]

Grasshoppers

Vaduz

References[]

  1. ^ "Mohamed Coulibaly". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2014/2015". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Mohamed Coulibaly FIFA 15 Sep 10, 2015 SoFIFA". sofifa.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Mohamed Coulibaly at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu.
  6. ^ "Basel vs. Grasshopper - 20 May 2013 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly agrees Cherries deal". BBC Sport. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  8. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly praises Eddie Howe". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. ^ Ian Wadley (5 December 2013). "AFC Bournemouth: Howe hails wide options with Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  10. ^ Neil Perrett (8 January 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  11. ^ Nick Connoll (4 July 2014). "Bournemouth duo Ryan Allsopp and Mohamed Coulibaly complete loan switch to Coventry City". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  12. ^ Alan Poole (13 November 2014). "Coventry City loan winger Mohamed Coulibaly sent back to home club". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  13. ^ Mike Baggaley (26 March 2015). "Port Vale sign Bournemouth winger Mohamed Coulibaly". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  14. ^ Baggaley, Mike (6 May 2015). "Mohamed Coulibaly given free transfer by Bournemouth". The Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  15. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Ian Harte among seven leaving Cherries". BBC Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Dani Rodríguez y Coulibaly, primeros fichajes del Racing 2015/16" [Dani Rodríguez and Coulibaly, first signings of Racing 2015/16] (in Spanish). Racing's official website. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Segunda B". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Reus Deportiu vs. Racing Santander 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  19. ^ El Real Racing Club rescinde el contrato a Coulibaly‚ realracingclub.es, 31 January 2017 (Spanish)
  20. ^ "Unión Deportiva Logroñés » Mohamed Coulibaly ficha por la UD Logroñés". udlogrones.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  21. ^ "UD Logroñés vs. Gernika - 14 May 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  22. ^ Royal, Jonah (5 July 2017). "Mohamed Coulibaly al Vaduz | Chalcio.com". Chalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Thun vs. Vaduz - 10 August 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Cool comme " Couli "" (in French). estrepublicain.fr. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  25. ^ Mohamed Coulibaly at Soccerbase
  26. ^ "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  27. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

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