Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer)

Mohamed Coulibaly
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Coulibaly
Date of birth (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988
Place of birth Bakel, Senegal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
Racing Santander
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– Racing Santander 46 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 26 September 2016 (UTC).


Mohamed Coulibaly (born 7 August 1988) is a Senegalese-born French professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish Segunda División B club Racing de Santander.

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

Career

Early career

Born in Bakel, Senegal, Coulibaly began his career in France with Gueugnon and Saint-Louis Neuweg.[1]

In 2011 Coulibaly joined Swiss side Dornach, moving on to Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League later that year.[1][2] He made five appearances in the 2012–13 season as Grasshoppers finished second in the league.[1]

Bournemouth

Coulibaly signed with for Championship club Bournemouth in July 2013.[3] Later that month he spoke about his respect for manager Eddie Howe.[4] Throughout the first half of the 2013–14 season Coulibaly suffered a number of injuries,[5] though in January 2014 it was revealed he was close to returning after 14 weeks out.[6]

Coulibaly moved on loan to League One side Coventry City in July 2014.[7] He played eight games for Steven Pressley's "Sky Blues" before his loan was terminated due to "personal reasons" in November 2014.[8] He moved on loan to Port Vale in March 2015.[9] Following Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League, Coulibaly was released at the end of the 2014–15 season.[10][11]

Racing Santander

In July 2015, Coulibaly signed a two-year deal with Racing de Santander, newly relegated to Segunda División B.[12] 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.[1][13][14]

Personal life

His brothers Karim, Ibrahim and Aly are also professional footballers.[15]

Career statistics

As of 3 May 2015
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshoppers 2011–12[1] Swiss Super League 5000000050
2012–13[1] Swiss Super League 5000000050
Total 100000000100
Bournemouth 2013–14[16] Championship 7000100080
2014–15[17] Championship 0000000000
Total 7000100080
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[17] League One 4000002[lower-alpha 1]060
Port Vale (loan) 2014–15[17] League One 4000000040
Racing de Santander 2015–16[1] Segunda División B 408100000418
2016–17[1] Segunda División B 0000000000
Total 408100000418
Career total[1][18] 658101020698
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

with Grasshoppers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mohamed Coulibaly profile at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu.
  3. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly agrees Cherries deal". BBC Sport. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly praises Eddie Howe". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Ian Wadley (5 December 2013). "AFC Bournemouth: Howe hails wide options with Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Neil Perrett (8 January 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Alan Poole (13 November 2014). "Coventry City loan winger Mohamed Coulibaly sent back to home club". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Mike Baggaley (26 March 2015). "Port Vale sign Bournemouth winger Mohamed Coulibaly". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (6 May 2015). "Mohamed Coulibaly given free transfer by Bournemouth". The Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth: Ian Harte among seven leaving Cherries". BBC Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Segunda B". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Reus Deportiu vs. Racing Santander 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Cool comme " Couli "" (in French). estrepublicain.fr. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  18. ↑ Mohamed Coulibaly career statistics at Soccerbase
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