Kalifa Coulibaly

Kalifa Coulibaly
	Coulibaly with Gent in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2009–2011	Real Bamako
2011–2014	Paris Saint-Germain B
2014–2015	Charleroi
2015–2017	Gent
2017–2022	Nantes
2022–2023	Red Star Belgrade
2023–2024	Quevilly-Rouen
2024–	Caen
International career‡
2013–	Mali
	*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^[1] before signing a four-year deal with Gent in June 2015.^[2]

On 18 August 2017, FC Nantes announced the signing of Coulibaly on a five-year deal.^[3]

On 29 August 2022, Coulibaly signed with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia until the end of the season, with an option to extend.^[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 2 November 2024^[6]

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^[a]	2	0	0	33	6
	2016–17	Belgian Pro League	33	9	0	0	—		10^[b]	4	0	0	43	13
	2017–18	Belgian Pro League	3	0	0	0	—		2^[b]	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^[c]	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^[b]	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^[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
	2022	5	1
Total		31	6

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
6	4 June 2022	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali	Congo	4–0	4–0	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Real Bamako

Nantes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.

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