Souleymane Coulibaly (soccer player, 1994)

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Souleymane Coulibaly
Personnel
birthday December 26, 1994
place of birth Abidjan ,  Ivory Coast
size 174 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
2009-2011 AC Siena
2011-2013 Tottenham Hotspur
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011-2014 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2013 →  US Grosseto  (loan) 12 (2)
2014-2015 Bari FC 1908 0 (0)
2014-2015 →  US Pistoiese  (loan) 25 (3)
2015-2016 Peterborough United 27 (5)
2016 →  AFC Newport County  (loan) 6 (1)
2016-2017 FC Kilmarnock 21 (8)
2017– al Ahly Cairo 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011– Ivory Coast U-17 7 (10)
1 Only league games are given.
As of November 6, 2016

2 As of August 22, 2012

Souleymane Coulibaly (born December 26, 1994 ) is an Ivorian football player .

Career

In 2009, Coulibaly moved from the civil war-torn Ivory Coast to Italy and followed his father, who married a local there. The then 14-year-old played a little later at a regional youth tournament in Arezzo , where he was discovered by the scouts of AC Siena. Despite doubts from outsiders, the club immediately signed him - and can boast of the discovery of a jewel. Coulibaly scored 13 goals in 17 games in the Campionato Allievi Nazionali , the national U-16 championship. His coach at the time, Colonello, called him "one of the best in Italy".

In July 2011, Coulibaly moved to the English first division club Tottenham Hotspur for the equivalent of around 1.75 million euros . The first half of 2013 he played on loan in the Italian Serie B at US Grosseto . For the 2013/14 season Coulibaly returned to Tottenham, but could not prevail among the professionals.

For the 2014/15 season, Coulibaly moved to the Italian second division club FC Bari 1908 . The season he will, however, play with the third division promoted US Pistoiese .

National team career

At the U-17 World Cup in Mexico in 2011 , Coulibaly attracted worldwide attention with outstanding performances: he scored nine times in four games. In particular, his hat trick against Brazil made some top clubs aware of the young Ivorian. He has been associated with Real Madrid and Manchester United , among others .

Trivia

He is often compared to his compatriot Didier Drogba , and many experts see him as his successor. However, the two are completely different types of players: Drogba lives more from his physique and his header game, while the smaller Coulibaly is a fast technician. Therefore, Coulibaly does not call Drogba, but the former Hanoverian Didier Ya Konan as his role model.

He often takes the opportunity at press conferences to draw attention to the grievances in his home country and to appeal to those responsible for a peaceful solution.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yaméogo, Guy-Florentin: Mondial Cadets 2011 au Mexique: Coulibaly Souleymane, phénoménal! ( French ) In: Nord-Sud . June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ El marfileño Coulibaly se erige como la nueva joya del fútbol africano (Spanish) . In: EFE , June 27, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011. 
  3. ^ Ouattara, Gaoussou: Coulibaly Souleymane, une étoile dans le ciel aztèque (French) . In: Le Patriote , June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Super Souleymane on a mission . In: FIFA.com . FIFA. June 25, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Souleymane deal agreed . Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ A Brutal Tor machine , spox.com
  7. ↑ Salvatore Landolina: Real Madrid chase 'new Didier Drogba' Souleymane Coulibaly - report . In: Goal.com . June 26, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Coulibaly, Souleymane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ivorian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Abidjan , Ivory Coast