Full name Souleymane Coulibaly Name Souleymane Coulibaly Playing position Role Footballer | Number 28 Height 1.72 m 2009–2011 Siena Date joined 2013 | |
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Date of birth (1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 20) Place of birth Anguededou Songon, Cote d'Ivoire Awards CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year | ||
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Souleymane Coulibaly (born 26 December 1994) is an Ivorian footballer
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- Souleymane coulibaly tottenham soccer player dance zek zek gagi bend i dzej zek zek
- Wondergoal scored by souleymane coulibaly for under 21s
- Biography
- Siena
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Grosseto loan
- Bari
- Peterborough United
- Kilmarnock
- Al Ahly
- International career
- Career statistics
- References
Wondergoal scored by souleymane coulibaly for under 21s
Biography
As a 13-year-old Coulibaly emigrated to Italy to avoid conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. He joined his father who had married an Italian woman.
Siena
Soon after arriving in Italy he signed for Junior Camp Arezzo Football Academy, one of the best academies in Tuscany. He played in the Allievi Regionali team and after a few months President Umberto Zerbini suggested his name to Siena. In 2010–11 he played 10 games for the Siena under-19s, scoring once.
Tottenham Hotspur
On 18 July 2011 Tottenham Hotspur confirmed they had signed Coulibaly beating off the advances of a host of leading European clubs including Real Madrid and Manchester United following his golden boot-winning performance at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. 'Soli' scored for the Tottenham Hotspur XI on his debut against Brighton and Hove Albion in Algarve.
Coulibaly then scored twice in a 7–1 win for Spurs youth over Inter Milan in their second group game of the NextGen Tournament on 31 August 2011. He also opened the scoring in their third group game away at PSV Eindhoven, where they won 2–1. On 22 December 2011 Coulibaly scored an injury time winner against Stevenage in the FA Youth Cup, followed by a goal in a 2–1 victory over Cardiff City in the fourth round on 11 January 2012. He made his first team debut as a 65th-minute substitute in a pre-season friendly against Stevenage on 18 July 2012 and managed to score the winner.
Grosseto (loan)
On 25 January 2013, Coulibaly joined Italian Serie B club Grosseto on loan until the end of the season where he scored two goals from 12 appearances.
Bari
In September 2014, Coulibaly was sold to Bari and was immediately loaned to Pistoiese.
Peterborough United
Coulibaly was revealed as a Peterborough United player after his trial at the club on 20 July 2015 along with Andrew Fox and Kieran Sadlier. He started in 5 games for Peterborough, came on 9 times as a substitute, and scored a total of 8 goals. On 24 March 2016, he joined Newport County on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season. He made his Newport debut on 2 April 2016, starting in a win 1–0 defeat versus Yeovil Town. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 April 2016 against Luton Town.
Kilmarnock
After leaving Peterborough United it was confirmed in June 2016 that Coulibaly had signed for Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock. He scored on his debut as Kilmarnock beat Clyde 2–1 in the League Cup. Coulibaly scored 11 goals in 26 appearances for Kilmarnock.
Al Ahly
After being in talks with two clubs based in Cairo, Egypt, Al Ahly and Zamalek Coulibaly chose to sign with reigning champions Al Ahly on a three and a half year contract on 24 January 2017. A transfer fee of £800,000 was paid to Kilmarnock. On 25 May 2017 Coulibaly left Egypt and went to England without telling anyone. On 4 June 2017 Coulibaly posted on twitter saying that he felt oppression and not safe in Egypt at Al Ahly, this is why he left Egypt. After this tweet many African superstars that played for Al Ahly said that they felt safe and happy like Flávio Amado who said "what Coulibaly said made him laugh". Al-Ahly submitted a complaint to the International Football Federation (FIFA) after Coulibaly left the club and requested for compensation.
International career
Souleymane Coulibaly began his international career with Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup where he scored nine goals in four matches: one goal against Australia, a poker against Denmark, and a hat-trick in a draw against Brazil. Coulibaly also scored a goal in a 2–3 loss to France in the Round of 16. He held the competition record for most goals scored in one tournament along with French striker Florent Sinama Pongolle (at the earlier held 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship), who did it in six matches rather than Coulibaly's four. He scored nine of his side's ten goals overall, which meant that he scored every 40 minutes of match time, or slightly more than once per half played. The record has since been broken by Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who scored 10 goals in 7 games at the 2015 World Cup.
As a result of his performances, Coulibaly was linked in the media to moves to Manchester United and Real Madrid, before finally moving to Tottenham. He has been labelled the "New Drogba" by the media, in reference to fellow Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba.