Mamadou Coulibaly (born 3 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

on loan from

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

Club career

Coulibaly arrived in Europe in 2015, having trained with

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

for six months. Pescara announced they had signed Coulibaly on a permanent basis and he made his debut on 19 March 2017 in a 3–0 away loss against

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. On 12 July, a statement on

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a ...

's confirmed Coulibaly had put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Zebrette but would stay with Pescara for the upcoming campaign. On 22 January 2019, Coulibaly joined

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club

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on loan until 30 June 2019. On 1 September 2019, he joined

Virtus Entella Virtus Entella, commonly referred to as Entella, is an Italian professional football club based in Chiavari, Liguria. Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the . History 1914: Foundation The club was founded in 1914 as Foot-Ball Club ...

on loan. On 13 January 2020, he moved on another loan to

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an imp ...

. He made four appearances for Udinese in the first half of the 2020–21 season, before joining

in January on loan until June 2021. On 26 July 2021, Coulibaly returned to Salernitana on a new season-long loan, with a conditional obligation to buy. On 9 August 2022, Coulibaly joined

on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.

Personal life

Coulibaly arrived in Europe in 2015, having fled his native

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

. He spent a period of time homeless before being spotted by Pescara while playing football with friends.

Career statistics

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References

1999 births Living people Senegalese Muslims Sportspeople from Thiès Association football midfielders Senegalese footballers Delfino Pescara 1936 players A.C. Carpi players Udinese Calcio players Virtus Entella players Trapani Calcio players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players Ternana Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy {{Senegal-footy-midfielder-stub