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Kalidou Koulibaly

Senegalese and French footballer

Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a French-Senegalese footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and the Senegal national team.

Kalidou Koulibaly
Koulibaly with Senegal at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Kalidou Koulibaly[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Al-Hilal
Number 3
Youth career
1999–2003 Saint-Dié
2003–2006 Metz
2006–2009 Saint-Dié
2009–2010 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Metz II 31 (2)
2010–2012 Metz 41 (1)
2012–2014 Genk 64 (3)
2014–2022 Napoli 236 (13)
2022–2023 Chelsea 23 (2)
2023– Al-Hilal 24 (2)
National team‡
2011–2012 France U20 11 (0)
2015– Senegal 81 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2021 Cameroon
Runner-up 2019 Egypt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before moving to Belgian club Genk in 2012. He won the Belgian Cup in his first season in the club. He joined Italian team Napoli in 2014, where he won the Supercoppa Italiana title and the Coppa Italia in 2020.

Career statistics change

Club change

As of match played 17 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz II 2009–10[4] CFA 2 16 0 — — — — 16 0
2010–11[4] CFA 15 2 — — — — 15 2
Total 31 2 — — — — 31 2
Metz 2010–11[4] Ligue 2 19 1 2 0 0 0 — — 21 1
2011–12[4] Ligue 2 22 0 3 0 0 0 — — 25 0
Total 41 1 5 0 0 0 — — 46 1
Genk 2012–13[5] Belgian Pro League 31 1 6 0 — 9[c] 0 — 46 1
2013–14[5] Belgian Pro League 33 2 3 0 — 9[c] 0 1[d] 0 46 2
Total 64 3 9 0 — 18 0 1 0 92 3
Napoli 2014–15[5] Serie A 27 1 2 0 — 9[e] 0 1[f] 0 39 1
2015–16[5] Serie A 33 0 2 0 — 7[c] 0 — 42 0
2016–17[5] Serie A 28 2 2 0 — 8[g] 0 — 38 2
2017–18[5] Serie A 35 5 2 0 — 8[h] 0 — 45 5
2018–19[5] Serie A 35 2 2 0 — 11[i] 0 — 48 2
2019–20[5] Serie A 25 0 2 0 — 7[g] 0 — 34 0
2020–21[5] Serie A 26 0 3 1 — 7[c] 0 1[f] 0 37 1
2021–22[5] Serie A 27 3 0 0 — 7[c] 0 — 34 3
Total 236 13 15 1 — 64 0 2 0 317 14
Chelsea 2022–23[6] Premier League 23 2 1 0 1 0 7[g] 0 — 32 2
Al-Hilal 2023–24[5] Saudi Pro League 24 2 2 0 — 9[j] 0 7[k] 0 42 2
Career total 419 23 32 1 1 0 97 0 11 0 560 24
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, King Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  11. ↑ Six appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup, two appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International change

As of match played 26 March 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2015 5 0
2016 7 0
2017 10 0
2018 9 0
2019 11 0
2020 2 0
2021 9 0
2022 15 1
2023 7 0
2024 6 0
Total 81 1
As of match played 26 March 2024
Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koulibaly goal[7]
List of international goals scored by Kalidou Koulibaly
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 29 November 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 67   Ecuador 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup [8]

Honours change

Genk

Napoli

Al-Hilal

Senegal

Individual

Orders

References change

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Senegal" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kalidou Koulibaly". FC Metz. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kalidou Koulibaly". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Kalidou Koulibaly". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 "K. Koulibaly: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Kalidou Koulibaly in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kalidou Koulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ "Ecuador vs. Senegal 1–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Al Hilal thrash Al Ittihad to win Saudi Super Cup". ESPN. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  12. ↑ Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Salah and Mane Picked in First Africa Best 11". FIFPro. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". CAFOnline.com. CAF. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Buffon named best player". Football Italia. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Serie A Team of 2017–18". Football Italia. 3 December 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  19. ↑ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Meilleur "Lion" 2017 : Les Twittos votent Kalidou Koulibaly, Khadim Ndiaye 2e devant Keita Bladé". Pressafrik.com (in French). 24 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Equipe Nationale du Sénégal : Kalidou Koulibaly élu #GoldenLion2018". Pressafrik.com (in French). 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Ronaldo MVP in Serie A Awards". Football Italia. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Kalidou Koulibaly EA Sports Player of the Month for September". Serie A. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  24. ↑ Kappel, David (21 July 2019). "Caf Announces Afcon Team of The Tournament". www.soccerladuma.co.za. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  25. ↑ "CAF MEN TEAM 2020 by IFFHS". IFFHS. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  26. ↑ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics)". IFFHS. 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  27. ↑ "Cash prizes, real estate, and highest honours as Senegal celebrates Nations Cup heroes". Reuters. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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