Mamadou Coulibaly (footballer, born 1999)

Mamadou Coulibaly (born 3 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie B club Palermo, on loan from Salernitana.

Mamadou Coulibaly
Coulibaly with Pescara in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999
Place of birth Thiès, Senegal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Palermo
(on loan from Salernitana)
Number 80
Youth career
2017 Pescara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Pescara 9 (0)
2017–2022 Udinese 3 (0)
2017–2018Pescara (loan) 23 (2)
2019Carpi (loan) 6 (1)
2019–2020Virtus Entella (loan) 2 (0)
2020Trapani (loan) 17 (2)
2021–2022Salernitana (loan) 29 (2)
2022– Salernitana 2 (0)
2022–2023Ternana (loan) 28 (3)
2023–Palermo (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023

Club career

Coulibaly arrived in Europe in 2015, having trained with Pescara for six months. Pescara announced they had signed Coulibaly permanently and he made his debut on 19 March 2017 in a 3–0 away loss against Atalanta.[1][2]

On 12 July, a Udinese statement confirmed Coulibaly had put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Zebrette. Still, it would stay with Pescara for the upcoming campaign.[3]

On 22 January 2019, Coulibaly joined Serie B club Carpi on loan until 30 June 2019.[4]

On 1 September 2019, he joined Virtus Entella on loan.[5]

On 13 January 2020, he moved on another loan to Trapani.[6]

He made four appearances for Udinese in the first half of the 2020–21 season before joining Salernitana in January on loan until June 2021.[7] On 26 July 2021, Coulibaly returned to Salernitana on a new season-long loan, with a conditional obligation to buy.[8]

On 9 August 2022, Coulibaly joined Ternana on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[9]

On 1 September 2023, Coulibaly was loaned out to Serie B club Palermo until the end of the season, with an option to buy.[10]

Personal life

Coulibaly arrived in Europe in 2015, having fled his native Senegal.[11] He spent a period homeless before being spotted by Pescara while playing football with friends.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pescara Serie A 2016–17 900090
Pescara (loan) Serie B 2017–18 23231263
Carpi (loan) Serie B 2018–19 610061
Virtus Entella (loan) Serie B 2019–20 200020
Trapani (loan) Serie B 2019–20 17200172
Udinese Serie A 2020–21 301040
Salernitana (loan) Serie B 2020–21 18000180
Serie A 2021–22 11210122
Total 292100000302
Career total 897510000948

References

  1. "Mamadou Coulibaly Profile". www.soccerway.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. "Coulibaly: A dream come true". www.football-italia.net. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. "Official: Udinese sign Coulibaly". www.football-italia.net. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Carpi, preso Coulibaly dall'Udinese" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. "Ufficiale, Coulibaly è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 1 September 2019.
  6. "Mamadou Coulibaly approda al #TrapaniCalcio con la formula del trasferimento temporaneo fino al 30 giugno 2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani. 13 January 2020.
  7. "Mamadou Coulibaly è un giocatore della Salernitana" (Press release) (in Italian). Salernitana. 13 January 2020.
  8. "Coulibaly joins Salernitana". Salernitana. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. "Dalla Salernitana arriva il centrocampista Mamadou Coulibaly" (in Italian). Ternana. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. "COULIBALY È ROSANERO" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. "Pescara's Mamadou Coulibaly impresses in Serie A after a two-year journey from Senegal". ESPN. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.


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