Paul Koulibaly

Keba Paul Koulibaly is a Burkinabé football defender who plays for the Burkina Faso national football team. He plays as a centre back or a left back. He currently plays for EFO.

Paul Koulibaly
Personal information
Full name Keba Paul Koulibaly
Date of birth (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back / Centre back
Club 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
National team‡
2006–2015 Burkina Faso 49 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2015

Club

Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in Burkina Faso.[1]

In January 2008 he has 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 wasn't 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.

Coulibaly 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
EFO
Dinamo Bucureşti
Al-Shorta

Trivia

His twin brother Pan Pierre Koulibaly is also a footballer.[3]

References
  1. Sidwaya Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Unofficial Leeds United - Leeds United". Sportnetwork.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. "Paul et Pierre Koulibaly : Les deux jumeaux se marient le même jour". lefaso.net.


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