Kalidou Koulibaly

Senegalese-French association football player

Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a French-Senegalese footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and the Senegal national team.

Kalidou Koulibaly
Koulibaly with Senegal at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Kalidou Koulibaly[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Al-Hilal
Number 3
Youth career
1999–2003 Saint-Dié
2003–2006 Metz
2006–2009 Saint-Dié
2009–2010 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Metz II 31 (2)
2010–2012 Metz 41 (1)
2012–2014 Genk 64 (3)
2014–2022 Napoli 236 (13)
2022–2023 Chelsea 23 (2)
2023– Al-Hilal 24 (2)
National team
2011–2012 France U20 11 (0)
2015– Senegal 81 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2021 Cameroon
Runner-up 2019 Egypt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before moving to Belgian club Genk in 2012. He won the Belgian Cup in his first season in the club. He joined Italian team Napoli in 2014, where he won the Supercoppa Italiana title and the Coppa Italia in 2020.

Career statistics

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As of match played 17 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz II 2009–10[4] CFA 2 16 0 16 0
2010–11[4] CFA 15 2 15 2
Total 31 2 31 2
Metz 2010–11[4] Ligue 2 19 1 2 0 0 0 21 1
2011–12[4] Ligue 2 22 0 3 0 0 0 25 0
Total 41 1 5 0 0 0 46 1
Genk 2012–13[5] Belgian Pro League 31 1 6 0 9[c] 0 46 1
2013–14[5] Belgian Pro League 33 2 3 0 9[c] 0 1[d] 0 46 2
Total 64 3 9 0 18 0 1 0 92 3
Napoli 2014–15[5] Serie A 27 1 2 0 9[e] 0 1[f] 0 39 1
2015–16[5] Serie A 33 0 2 0 7[c] 0 42 0
2016–17[5] Serie A 28 2 2 0 8[g] 0 38 2
2017–18[5] Serie A 35 5 2 0 8[h] 0 45 5
2018–19[5] Serie A 35 2 2 0 11[i] 0 48 2
2019–20[5] Serie A 25 0 2 0 7[g] 0 34 0
2020–21[5] Serie A 26 0 3 1 7[c] 0 1[f] 0 37 1
2021–22[5] Serie A 27 3 0 0 7[c] 0 34 3
Total 236 13 15 1 64 0 2 0 317 14
Chelsea 2022–23[6] Premier League 23 2 1 0 1 0 7[g] 0 32 2
Al-Hilal 2023–24[5] Saudi Pro League 24 2 2 0 9[j] 0 7[k] 0 42 2
Career total 419 23 32 1 1 0 97 0 11 0 560 24
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, King Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  9. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  11. Six appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup, two appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International

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As of match played 26 March 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2015 5 0
2016 7 0
2017 10 0
2018 9 0
2019 11 0
2020 2 0
2021 9 0
2022 15 1
2023 7 0
2024 6 0
Total 81 1
As of match played 26 March 2024
Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koulibaly goal[7]
List of international goals scored by Kalidou Koulibaly
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 29 November 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 67   Ecuador 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup [8]

Honours

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Genk

Napoli

Al-Hilal

Senegal

Individual

Orders

References

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