Mamoutou Coulibaly

Mamoutou Coulibaly
Personal information
Date of birth23 February 1984
Place of birthBamako, Mali
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionCentre back / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Cherno More
Number23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003Centre Salif Keita?(?)
2003–2006Auxerre1(0)
2003–2006Auxerre B60(3)
2006–2007Istres22(1)
2007Kasımpaşa6(0)
2008FC Brussels0(0)
2009–2010Cherno More29(0)
2010–2013Irtysh Pavlodar64(4)
2014Kaisar30(1)
2015–Cherno More8(0)
National team
2003Mali U-20
2005–2006Mali2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mamoutou Coulibaly (born 23 February 1984 in Bamako) is a Malian professional footballer currently playing for Bulgarian A Football Group club Cherno More Varna as a defender. Coulibaly won two caps for Mali between 2005 and 2006.[1]

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.[2]

Irtysh Pavlodar

In November 2010, Coulibaly signed a contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Kaisar

In February 2014, Coulibaly moved from Irtysh to fellow Kazakh Premier League side FC Kaisar.[6]

Cherno More Return

On 3 February 2015, Coulibaly returned to Cherno More.[7]

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.[8] He also played 4 matches at 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Argentina. For Mali, Coulibaly was capped 1 time in 2006.

References

  1. Mamoutou Coulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "2008–09 Statistics". pfl.bg. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. ""Иртыш" подписал Мамуту Кулибали". Sports.kz. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  4. "Taraz-Irtysh Match Report". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. "Irtysh-Tobol Match Report". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. "Кайсар подписал контракт с Кулибали". http://sports.kz/'' (in Russian). sports.kz/. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  7. "Мамуту Кулибали се присъедини към моряците". http://chernomore.gong.bg/'' (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More Varna. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  8. Mamoutou CoulibalyFIFA competition record

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