Keba Paul Koulibaly (born 24 March 1986) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defender for EFO and the Burkina Faso national team. He plays as a centre-back or a

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Personal life

Paul's twin brother,

Pierre Koulibaly Pan Pierre Koulibaly (born 24 March 1986), commonly known as Pierre Koulibaly, is a Burkinabé footballer who plays soccer for Saham Club in Oman Professional League. Personal life Pierre's twin brother, Paul Koulibaly is also a professional f ...

is also a professional footballer.

Club

Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. In January 2008, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad Tripoli club, but due to the maximum numbers of foreigners players playing in squad, they loaned him out to

Al-Nasr Benghazi Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club () or simply Al-Nasr Benghazi is a Libyan professional football club based in Benghazi. Honours National titles * Libyan Premier League :Winners (2): 1987,2017–18. :Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1983� ...

. He went for a trial with

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towards the end of July 2010, but was not kept. In 2010–2011, he played for Asswehly and then left for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne. In 2012, he moved to

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. Won the

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with the club. After playing in the club for six months, he went to the Iraqi club

Al Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...

. He won the

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with the club. In 2014, he moved to the Guinean club

Horoya AC Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975. History In 2014 ...

. With him he won all the trophies in Guinea (championship, cup and super cup). In 2017 he returned to the EFO. Koulibaly made his debut for

in 2006. Together with the Burkina Faso national team, he took part in four African Cups of Nations. In 2013, together with her, he reached the final of the tournament, where his team lost to

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0–1. On January 10, 2015, Koulibaly played his last international match in a friendly against Swaziland.

Honours

Team

; EFO *

Burkinabé Premier League The Fasofoot D1 is the top division of the Burkinabé Football Federation. It was created in 1961. Burkinabé Premier League clubs – 2021-22 * AS Koupéla ( Koupéla) * AS Douanes (Ouagadougou) * ASEC Koudougou (Koudougou) *ASFA Yennenga (Ouaga ...

: 2008 *

Coupe du Faso The Coupe du Burkina Faso is the top knockout football tournament in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to ...

: 2006, 2008 ;

: *

; Al-Shorta: *

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Trivia

His twin brother Pan Pierre Koulibaly is also a footballer.

References

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* 1986 births Living people Burkinabé footballers Association football defenders Burkinabé Christians Expatriate footballers in Libya Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou players FC Dinamo București players Liga I players Burkinabé expatriate footballers Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Libya Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Romania Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Guinea Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Iraq Expatriate footballers in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Guinea Burkina Faso international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Burkinabé twins Twin sportspeople Asswehly S.C. players Sportspeople from Ouagadougou 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Al-Shorta SC players Horoya AC players Libyan Premier League players 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub