Kalidou Koulibaly

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Kalidou Koulibaly
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Kalidou Koulibaly (2014)
Personnel
birthday June 20, 1991
place of birth Saint-Dié-des-Vosges ,  France
size 187 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
SR Saint-Dié
FC Metz
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010–2012 FC Metz 41 0(1)
2012-2014 KRC Genk 64 0(3)
2014– SSC Naples 173 (10)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011 France U-20
2015– Senegal 31 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 9, 2020

2 As of November 17, 2018

Kalidou Koulibaly (born June 20, 1991 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , France ) is a Senegalese soccer player who has played in Serie A at SSC Napoli since 2014 . He is the captain of the Senegalese national football team .

Career

society

Koulibaly began his career in France with SR Saint-Dié ; then he moved to the second division team FC Metz , for whom he made his Ligue 2 debut in August 2010 . After relegation from Metz, he moved to Belgium for first division team KRC Genk in summer 2012 . After two years in Belgium, he went to Italy for SSC Napoli in 2014 .

At a game of his club against Inter Milan in December 2018, Koulibaly was racially insulted with a monkey roar. Milan's Mayor Giuseppe Sala then apologized on behalf of his city.

National team

After Koulibaly had previously played for French junior teams, he decided to play for Senegal for the first time in 2015. He made his debut on September 5, 2015, when Senegal beat Namibia 2-0 in the Africa Cup qualifiers. At the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon, Koulibaly and his team made it to the quarter-finals, when they were ultimately eliminated from the tournament after a penalty shoot-out against Cameroon.

At the 2018 World Cup , he was part of the Senegalese squad . He was on the pitch in all three games during the preliminary round for the entire season.

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Commons : Kalidou Koulibaly  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] (Italian)
  2. ↑ Mane leads Senegal to first win of AFCON qualifiers. In: This Is Anfield. November 14, 2019, accessed November 22, 2019 (UK English).
  3. ↑ Kalidou Koulibaly is van Genk gva.be, June 29, 2012, accessed on February 18, 2016
  4. ↑ Koulibaly, medical examination at Castelvolturno sscnapoli.it, on May 19, 2014, accessed on February 18, 2016
  5. ↑ nau.ch of December 27, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Koulibaly, Kalidou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , France