Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer, born 1988)

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Mohamed Coulibaly
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Aly Coulibaly[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Bakel, Senegal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Vaduz
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Gueugnon 2 (0)
2009–2011 Saint-Louis Neuweg 8 (3)
2011 Dornach 5 (1)
2011–2013 Grasshoppers II 0 (0)
2011–2013 Grasshoppers 10 (0)
2013–2015 Bournemouth 7 (0)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Port Vale (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Racing Santander 59 (9)
2017 Logroñés 8 (4)
2017– Vaduz 56 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2020

Mohamed Aly Coulibaly (born 7 August 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Swiss Challenge League side Vaduz.

Coulibaly has played in France, Switzerland, England and Spain for Gueugnon, Saint-Louis Neuweg, Dornach and Grasshoppers, Bournemouth, Coventry City, Port Vale, Racing Santander, Logroñés and Vaduz.

Career

Early career

Born in Bakel, Senegal, Coulibaly began his career in France with Gueugnon and Saint-Louis Neuweg.[3]

In 2011 Coulibaly joined Swiss side Dornach, moving on to Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League later that year.[3][4] He made five appearances in the 2012–13 season as Grasshoppers finished second in the league.[3]

Bournemouth

Coulibaly signed with for Championship club Bournemouth in July 2013.[5] Later that month he spoke about his respect for manager Eddie Howe.[6] Throughout the first half of the 2013–14 season Coulibaly suffered a number of injuries,[7] though in January 2014 it was revealed he was close to returning after 14 weeks out.[8]

Coulibaly moved on loan to League One side Coventry City in July 2014.[9] He played eight games for Steven Pressley's "Sky Blues" before his loan was terminated due to "personal reasons" in November 2014.[10] He moved on loan to Port Vale in March 2015.[11] Following Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League, Coulibaly was released at the end of the 2014–15 season.[12][13]

Spain

In July 2015, Coulibaly signed a two-year deal with Racing de Santander, newly relegated to Segunda División B.[14] He scored eight goals in 41 appearances in the 2015–16 campaign to help Santander to win the division, however they failed to achieve promotion after losing to Reus in the play-offs.[3][15][16] He left the club after his contract was cancelled on 31 January 2017.[17]

Coulibaly joined Segunda División B club UD Logroñés in April 2017 on a deal running until the end of the 2016–17 season.[18] On 14 May, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Gernika at the Estadio Las Gaunas.[19]

Vaduz

On 5 July 2017, Coulibaly returned to Switzerland and signed with Swiss Challenge League side Vaduz.[20]

Personal life

His brothers Karim, Ibrahim and Aly are also professional footballers.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 February 2020.[3][22]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshoppers 2011–12[3] Swiss Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13[3] Swiss Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Bournemouth 2013–14[23] Championship 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2014–15[24] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 0
Port Vale (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Racing de Santander 2015–16[3] Segunda División B 40 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 8
2016–17[3] Segunda División B 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Total 59 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 63 9
UD Logroñés 2016–17[3] Segunda División B 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
Vaduz 2017–18[3] Swiss Challenge League 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 7
2018–19[3] Swiss Challenge League 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
2019–20[3] Swiss Challenge League 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 5
Total 76 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 14
Career total 168 27 4 0 1 0 2 0 175 27
  1. ^ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Grasshoppers

References

  1. ^ "Mohamed Coulibaly". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Mohamed Coulibaly FIFA 15 Sep 10, 2015 SoFIFA". sofifa.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mohamed Coulibaly at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu.
  5. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly agrees Cherries deal". BBC Sport. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  6. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly praises Eddie Howe". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ Ian Wadley (5 December 2013). "AFC Bournemouth: Howe hails wide options with Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. ^ Neil Perrett (8 January 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. ^ Nick Connoll (4 July 2014). "Bournemouth duo Ryan Allsopp and Mohamed Coulibaly complete loan switch to Coventry City". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  10. ^ Alan Poole (13 November 2014). "Coventry City loan winger Mohamed Coulibaly sent back to home club". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  11. ^ Mike Baggaley (26 March 2015). "Port Vale sign Bournemouth winger Mohamed Coulibaly". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  12. ^ Baggaley, Mike (6 May 2015). "Mohamed Coulibaly given free transfer by Bournemouth". The Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  13. ^ "AFC Bournemouth: Ian Harte among seven leaving Cherries". BBC Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Dani Rodríguez y Coulibaly, primeros fichajes del Racing 2015/16" [Dani Rodríguez and Coulibaly, first signings of Racing 2015/16] (in Spanish). Racing's official website. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Segunda B". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Reus Deportiu vs. Racing Santander 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  17. ^ El Real Racing Club rescinde el contrato a Coulibaly‚ realracingclub.es, 31 January 2017 (Spanish)
  18. ^ "Unión Deportiva Logroñés » Mohamed Coulibaly ficha por la UD Logroñés". udlogrones.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  19. ^ "UD Logroñés vs. Gernika - 14 May 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  20. ^ Royal, Jonah (5 July 2017). "Mohamed Coulibaly al Vaduz | Chalcio.com". Chalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Cool comme " Couli "" (in French). estrepublicain.fr. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  22. ^ Mohamed Coulibaly at Soccerbase
  23. ^ "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  24. ^ a b c "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

External links

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