Kalifa Coulibaly - Misplaced Pages

Malian footballer (born 1991)

Kalifa Coulibaly
Personal information
Coulibaly with Gent in 2016
Date of birth	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Caen
Number	18
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)
2023–2024	Quevilly-Rouen	30	(12)
2024–	Caen	8	(0)
International career
2013–	Mali	31	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Kalifa Coulibaly (born 21 August 1991) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Championnat National club Caen and the Mali national team.

Club career

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

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

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

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

As of match played 2 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris Saint-Germain	2011–12	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charleroi	2014–15	Belgian Pro League	30	7	2	0	—		—		—		32	7
Gent	2015–16	Belgian Pro League	24	4	3	0	—		6	2	0	0	33	6
	2016–17	Belgian Pro League	33	9	0	0	—		10	4	0	0	43	13
	2017–18	Belgian Pro League	3	0	0	0	—		2	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		60	13	3	0	—		18	6	0	0	81	19
Nantes	2017–18	Ligue 1	8	1	—		—		—		—		8	1
	2018–19	Ligue 1	32	8	5	3	2	1	—		—		39	12
	2019–20	Ligue 1	21	4	1	1	1	0	—		—		23	5
	2020–21	Ligue 1	17	3	0	0	—		—		2	0	19	3
	2021–22	Ligue 1	21	5	0	0	—		—		—		21	5
	Total		99	21	6	4	3	1	—		2	0	110	26
Red Star Belgrade	2022–23	Serbian SuperLiga	4	1	1	0	—		1	0	—		6	0
Quevilly-Rouen	2023–24	Ligue 2	30	12	2	0	—		—		—		32	12
Caen	2024–25	Ligue 2	8	0	0	0	—		—		—		8	0
Career total			214	51	14	4	3	1	19	6	2	0	252	61

As of match played 16 November 2022

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	5	1
Total		31	6

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Coulibaly goal.

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

Real Bamako

Nantes

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

v t e Stade Malherbe Caen – current squad
1 Mandrea 3 Bolumbu 4 Henry 5 Moucketou-Moussounda 6 M'Vila 7 Gomis 8 Le Bihan 10 Brahimi 11 Candé 14 Rajot 16 Clementia 17 Kyeremeh 18 Coulibaly 19 Mendy 20 Lebreton 22 Hafid 23 Autret 25 Sy 26 Tavares 27 Meddah 28 Lecoeuche 29 Thomas (c.) 35 Mandanda 50 Najim 61 Traoré 77 Gaucho Debohi 91 Ntim Manager: Baltazar

Mali squads

v t e Mali squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Sissoko 2 H. Traoré 3 Koné 4 S. Coulibaly 5 C. Traoré 6 L. Coulibaly 7 M. Yatabaré 8 Sylla (c) 9 Marega 10 K. Coulibaly 11 Sako 12 Doumbia 13 Wagué 14 S. Yatabaré 15 Konaté 16 Diakité 17 Mam. N'Diaye 18 Sow 19 A. Traoré 20 Bissouma 21 Mah. N'Diaye 22 Diarra 23 O. Coulibaly Coach: Giresse

v t e Mali squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Mounkoro 2 H. Traoré 3 Koné 4 A. Haidara 5 Kouyaté 6 M. Haïdara 7 Doumbia 8 Samassékou 9 Marega 10 K. Coulibaly 11 L. Coulibaly 12 Koïta 13 Wagué 14 A.M. Traoré 15 Fofana 16 Diarra 17 Sacko 18 Doucouré 19 Djenepo 20 Niane 21 A.N. Traoré 22 Kéïta 23 Diaby Coach: Magassouba

v t e Mali squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Mounkoro 2 Hama. Traoré (C) 3 C. Traoré 4 A. Haidara 5 Kouyaté 6 M. Haïdara 7 Doumbia 8 Samassékou 9 Touré 10 K. Coulibaly 11 L. Coulibaly 12 Sissako 13 S. Coulibaly 14 A.M. Traoré 15 Fofana 16 Diarra 17 Sacko 18 Koné 19 Djenepo 20 Bissouma 21 A.N. Traoré 22 Diawara 23 Dieng 24 Samaké 25 Sinayoko 26 Camara 27 Kouamé 28 Hami. Traoré Coach: Magassouba

This biographical article related to Malian association football is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.