Mamoutou Coulibaly

Mamoutou Coulibaly

Personal information
Date of birth	February 23, 1984 (1984-02-23)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Irtysh Pavlodar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999-2003	Centre Salif Keita	?	(?)
2003-2006	AJ Auxerre	1	(0)
2006-2007	FC Istres	22	(1)
2007	Kasımpaşa S.K.	6	(0)
2008	FC Brussels	0	(0)
2009-2010	Cherno More	35	(0)
2011-	Irtysh Pavlodar	26	(1)
National team
2003	Mali U-20
2006	Mali	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 30, 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Mamoutou Coulibaly (born 23 February 1984 in Bamako) is a Malian professional footballer currently playing for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Irtysh as a defender. For Mali, Coulibaly was capped 1 time in 2006.

Club career

Coulibaly began his career at Malian side Centre Salif Keita before earning a move to French side AJ Auxerre in 2003. Despite spending three years at Auxerre Coulibaly only ever made two appearances for the first team, once in the domestic league and once in the UEFA Cup, and in 2006 he was sold to Ligue 2 team FC Istres.

Coulibaly became a regular for FC Istres and in June 2007 after spending just one year at the club it was announced that he would leave the team and join Turkish side Kasımpaşa S.K..

In 2008 Coulibaly was part of the Belgian side FC Brussels.

Cherno More

In January 2009 Coulibaly had been invited by Bulgarian side Cherno More Varna to join trial period, which began on 29 January. He made his team debut a few days later, in an 4-0 friendly drubbing of Bulgaria U19. On 20 February Cherno More signed Coulibaly for a two-a-half-year deal. He made his competitive debut for Cherno More on 8 March 2009 against Pirin in the round of 16 of the A PFG. To the end of the 2009-10 season he played 35 matches for the club.

Irtysh Pavlodar

In November 2010, Coulibaly signed a contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh. The Malian made his official debut for the team (as a starter) on 6 March 2011, in the 1:0 away win over FC Taraz in a Kazakhstan Premier League match. On 30 April 2011, Coulibaly scored his first goal for the club in the 3:2 home win against FC Tobol in a league game.

International career

Coulibaly played for the Mali under-20 side and captained the team at the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, where he played 2 matches. He also played 4 matches at 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Argentina. For Mali, Coulibaly was capped 1 time in 2006.

External links

• Player profile - L'Equipe.fr
• Profile at TFF.org