Paul Koulibaly
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keba Paul Koulibaly | ||
Date of birth | 24 March 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back / Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | EFO | ||
Youth career | |||
EFO | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | EFO | 54 | (8) |
2008–2009 | Al Nasr | 22 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Al-Ittihad | 24 | (5) |
2010–2011 | Asswehly | 23 | (2) |
2012 | R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne | 7 | (0) |
2012 | Dinamo București | 15 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Al Shorta | 20 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Horoya AC | 21 | (4) |
2017 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
2017– | EFO | ||
National team‡ | |||
2006–2015 | Burkina Faso | 49 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2015 |
Keba Paul Koulibaly (born 24 March 1986) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defender for EFO and the Burkina Faso national team. He plays as a centre back or a left back.
Club[]
Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in Burkina Faso.[1]
In January 2008 he has signed a contract with Al-Ittihad Tripoli club, but due to the maximum numbers of foreigners players playing in squad, they loaned him out to Al-Nasr Benghazi.
He went for a trial with Leeds United towards the end of July 2010,[2] but was not kept.
In 2010–2011 he played for Asswehly and then left for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne.
In 2012 he moved to Dinamo București. Won the 2012 Romanian Supercup with the club. After playing in the club for six months, he went to the Iraqi club Al Shorta. He won the Iraqi Premier League with the club.
In 2014 he moved to the Guinean club Horoya AC. With him he won all the trophies in Guinea (championship, cup and super cup). In 2017 he returned to the EFO.
Coulibaly made his debut for Burkina Faso in 2006. Together with the Burkina Faso national team, he took part in four African Cups of Nations. In 2013, together with her, he reached the final of the tournament, where his team lost to Nigeria 0–1. On January 10, 2015, Koulibaly played his last international match in a friendly against Swaziland.
Honours[]
Team[]
- EFO
- Burkinabé Premier League: 2008
- Coupe du Faso: 2006, 2008
- Al-Shorta
Trivia[]
His twin brother Pan Pierre Koulibaly is also a footballer.[3]
References[]
- ^ Sidwaya Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Unofficial Leeds United – Leeds United". Sportnetwork.net. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Paul et Pierre Koulibaly : Les deux jumeaux se marient le même jour". lefaso.net.
External links[]
- Paul Koulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Burkinabé footballers
- Association football defenders
- Burkinabé Christians
- Expatriate footballers in Libya
- Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Liga I players
- Burkinabé expatriate footballers
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Guinea
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Iraq
- Expatriate footballers in Egypt
- Expatriate footballers in Guinea
- Burkina Faso international footballers
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Twin people from Burkina Faso
- Twin sportspeople
- Asswehly S.C. players
- Sportspeople from Ouagadougou
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Al-Shorta SC players
- Horoya AC players
- Libyan Premier League players
- 21st-century Burkinabé people
- Burkinabé football biography stubs