Lassana Coulibaly
_25.jpg?lang=en) Coulibaly warming up for Angers in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009-2015 | Bastia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Bastia | 44 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Angers | 49 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Rangers (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Salernitana | 94 | (4) |
| 2024– | Lecce | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Mali U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Mali | 42 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Lassana Coulibaly (born 10 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie A club Lecce and the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]Coulibaly is a youth product from Bastia. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 August 2015 against Rennes. He replaced François Kamano during stoppage time in a 2–1 home win.[1] Two weeks later, he scored his first league goal against Guingamp.[2]
On 10 July 2018, Coulibaly joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan from Angers.[3]
On 14 August 2024, Coulibaly signed a three-year contract with Lecce.[4]
International career
[edit]Coulibaly was called up to the Mali U20 national team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s.[5] He made his debut for the senior Mali national team in a 5–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 4 September 2016.[6]
Subsequently, on 8 October 2016, he played a match against Ivory Coast counting for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (defeat 3-1).[7]
He competes for his first international competition at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
Two years later, he was summoned again to participate in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
In December 2021, Coulibaly was selected by coach Mohamed Magassouba to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 2 January 2024 he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 2 November 2024.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bastia II | 2014–15 | CFA 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Bastia | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 1 | ||||
| Angers | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 2 | ||||
| Rangers (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[a] | 1 | — | 30 | 3 | |
| Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Angers II | 2019–20 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Salernitana | 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 98 | 4 | |||||
| Lecce | 2024–25 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 246 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of matches played on 15 October 2024[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bastia vs. Rennes - 8 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Bastia vs. Guingamp - 22 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Rangers: Lassana Coulibaly & Sadiq Umar join Steven Gerrard's team". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Coulibaly in giallorosso" [Coulibaly in yellow and red] (in Italian). Lecce. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les rencontres du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details". cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ 65185 at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Ouest-France (2 January 2024). "CAN 2024. La liste officielle du Mali pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "L. Coulibaly". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Lassana Coulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Lassana Coulibaly at the US Salernitana 1919 website
- Lassana Coulibaly at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- Mali men's under-20 international footballers
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Serie A players
- SC Bastia players
- Angers SCO players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- US Salernitana 1919 players
- US Lecce players
- Malian expatriate men's footballers
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- 21st-century Malian people