Paul Koulibaly
Personal information
Full name Keba Paul Koulibaly
Date of birth (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Team 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
International career‡
2006–2015 Burkina Faso 49 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up South Africa 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2015

Keba Paul Koulibaly (born 24 March 1986) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defender for EFO and the Burkina Faso national team. He plays as a centre-back or a left-back.

Personal life

Paul's twin brother, Pierre Koulibaly is also a professional footballer.

Club

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

In January 2008, he 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 was not 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.

Koulibaly 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 București
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 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Paul et Pierre Koulibaly : Les deux jumeaux se marient le même jour". lefaso.net.

External links


Burkina Faso squads
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