Ousmane Coulibaly (born 9 July 1989) is a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

an professional

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who plays as a

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. His brother is the professional kickboxer, multiple champion of France and world champion,

Abdarhmane Coulibaly Abdarhmane Coulibaly (born 29 September 1985 in Mézières-sur-Seine) is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He has competed for GLORY, SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship and Kunlun Fight. Kickboxing Coulibaly is set to fight Turpal Tokaev at W5 ...

Career

In August 2014, Coulibaly signed a three year-contract with Superleague side Platanias for an undisclosed fee. He played exceptionally well for two consecutive years, therefore was monitored by several Greek top clubs, as well as German and English clubs. On 30 August 2016, Coulibaly moved to

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

for an estimated amount of €250,000 signing a three-season contract with the club. He was expected to be the backup of experienced Italian Giandomenico Mesto. On 11 January 2018, Mechelen filed an offer to the financially struggling Greens for the acquisition of Coulibaly in the range of €200,000. The player asked to be excluded from the first-team squad on 16 April 2018 due to Panathinaikos being in a dire financial and administrative state, and two weeks later, he filed an official request to leave Panathinaikos on a free transfer. On 8 January 2022, Coulibaly suffered a heart attack in a match against Al Rayyan. He was in a stable condition per a statement from his club.

Career statistics

(* Includes

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and

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) (** Includes Coupe de la Ligue and Greek Playoffs)

Honours

Mali * Africa Cup of Nations bronze:

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Personal life

Health

On 8 January 2022, in the first half of the Qatar Stars League match between

Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...

and Al-Wakrah, Coulibaly suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital.

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