Soumaïla Coulibaly (born 15 April 1978) is a Malian former professional

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who played as a

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. While playing for clubs such as

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, and

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at club level, he scored six goals and made 67 appearances for the Mali national team from 1995 to 2009.

Career

Coulibaly was born in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

, Mali. On 8 July 2009, he signed a one-year contract for

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after being released by

. On 23 February 2010, he was released by FSV Frankfurt after playing only nine matches for the club. On 8 May 2011, Coulibaly signed on a free transfer to play for

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team

Yanbian FC Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. ...

Personal life

Coulibaly is the brother of Boubacar Coulibaly and played with him for a long time at

Honours

Djoliba AC *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97 Zamalek *

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: 1998–99 SC Freiburg * 2. Bundesliga: 2002–03 Borussia Mönchengladbach * 2. Bundesliga: 2007–08

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* * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Bamako Malian footballers Association football midfielders Mali international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Egyptian Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players China League One players Djoliba AC players Zamalek SC players SC Freiburg players Borussia Mönchengladbach players FSV Frankfurt players Yanbian Funde F.C. players Malian expatriate footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Malian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Egypt Malian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub