Paul Koulibaly
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Full name | Keba Paul Koulibaly | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 38) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | |||||||||||||
Team 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 | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2006–2015 | Burkina Faso | 49 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.
Personal life
Paul's twin brother, Pierre Koulibaly is also a professional footballer.
Club
Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in Burkina Faso.[1]
In January 2008, he 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.
Koulibaly 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
- 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
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