Kalifa Coulibaly

Kalifa Coulibaly
	Coulibaly with Gent in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	21 August 1991
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Nantes
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Real Bamako
2011–2014	Paris Saint-Germain B
2014–2015	Charleroi
2015–2017	Gent
2017–	Nantes
National team‡
2013–	Mali
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:08, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Kalifa Coulibaly (born 21 August 1991) is a Malian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nantes and the Mali national team, as a striker.

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]

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.[5]

As of match played 14 November 2021[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
Total		26	5

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

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"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.
"Mali : 3 recalés, la liste des 23 pour la CAN" (in French). Afrik Foot. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.

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