Lassana Coulibaly

Lassana Coulibaly (born 10 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Salernitana and the Mali national team. He also plays for the Mali national football team since 2016.

For the French serial rapist, see Lassana Coulibaly (criminal).

Lassana Coulibaly
Coulibaly with Angers in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 18
Youth career
Bastia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Bastia 44 (1)
2017–2021 Angers 49 (2)
2018–2019 → Rangers (loan) 19 (1)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 16 (0)
2021– Salernitana 60 (3)
International career‡
2016 Mali U20 1 (0)
2016– Mali 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:36, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Coulibaly is a youth product from Bastia. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 August 2015 against Rennes. He replaced François Kamano during stoppage time in a 2–1 home win.[1] Two weeks later, he scored his first league goal against Guingamp.[2]

On 10 July 2018, Coulibaly joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan from Angers.[3]

International career

Coulibaly was called up to the Mali U20 national team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s.[4] He made his debut for the senior Mali national team in a 5–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 4 September 2016.[5]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 15 November 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201630
201750
201830
2019100
202030
202130
202240
Total310

References
  1. "Bastia vs. Rennes - 8 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Bastia vs. Guingamp - 22 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "Rangers: Lassana Coulibaly & Sadiq Umar join Steven Gerrard's team". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 July 2018.
  4. "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les rencontres du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. Lassana Coulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
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