Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer, born 1988)

Mohamed Aly Coulibaly (born 7 August 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Swiss 1. Liga side Dornach.

Mohamed Coulibaly
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Aly Coulibaly[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988[2]
Place of birth Bakel, Senegal[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Dornach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Gueugnon
2009–2011 Saint-Louis Neuweg
2011 Dornach
2011–2013 Grasshoppers 10 (0)
2013–2015 Bournemouth 7 (0)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Port Vale (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Racing Santander 59 (9)
2017 Logroñés 8 (4)
2017–2021 Vaduz 103 (20)
2021– Dornach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Coulibaly has played in France, Switzerland, England and Spain for Gueugnon, Saint-Louis Neuweg, Dornach and Grasshoppers, Bournemouth, Coventry City, Port Vale, Racing Santander, Logroñés and Vaduz. He scored two goals in the 2020 Swiss Challenge League play-offs to help Vaduz win promotion into the Swiss Super League. He returned to Dornach in 2021.

Career

Early career

Born in Bakel, Senegal, Coulibaly began his football career in France with Gueugnon, who at that time played in the Ligue 2, signing his first professional contract at nineteen years old during the summer of 2007. However, having played only 45 minutes with their first team he suffered an ankle injury. Following his recovery he moved on to Saint-Louis Neuweg in the fifth tier of the French football league system.[4]

In 2011, Coulibaly joined Swiss amateur side Dornach in the third tier of the Swiss football league system, before moving on to Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League later that year.[5][6] He made five appearances in their 2012–13 season as Grasshoppers finished second in the league.[5] He was also an unused substitute in the Swiss Cup final; as they beat Basel on penalties.[7]

Bournemouth

Coulibaly signed with for Championship club Bournemouth in July 2013.[8] Later that month he spoke about his respect for manager Eddie Howe.[9] Throughout the first half of the 2013–14 season Coulibaly suffered a number of injuries,[10] though in January 2014 it was revealed he was close to returning after 14 weeks out.[11]

Coulibaly moved on loan to League One side Coventry City in July 2014.[12] He played eight games for Steven Pressley's "Sky Blues" before his loan was terminated due to "personal reasons" in November 2014.[13] He moved on loan to Port Vale in March 2015.[14] Following Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League, Coulibaly was released at the end of the 2014–15 season.[15][16]

Spain

In July 2015, Coulibaly signed a two-year deal with Racing de Santander, newly relegated to Segunda División B.[17] He scored eight goals in 41 appearances in the 2015–16 campaign to help Santander to win the division, however they failed to achieve promotion after losing to Reus in the play-offs.[5][18][19] He left the club after his contract was cancelled on 31 January 2017.[20]

Coulibaly joined Segunda División B club UD Logroñés in April 2017 on a deal running until the end of the 2016–17 season.[21] On 14 May, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Gernika at the Estadio Las Gaunas.[22]

Vaduz

On 5 July 2017, Coulibaly signed with Liechtenstein-based Swiss Challenge League side Vaduz.[23] The club won the Liechtenstein Football Cup in 2018 with a 3–0 victory over FC Balzers and defeated FC Ruggell 3–2 in the 2019 final to secure the trophy for the seventh successive time.[5] He scored 13 goals in 39 games during the 2019–20 season as Vaduz finished second behind Lausanne-Sport.[5] They were placed in a play-off game against Thun and gained promotion into the Swiss Super League with a 5–4 aggregate victory, with Coulibaly claiming two goals in the away tie at the Stockhorn Arena.[24] Vaduz were relegated after finishing bottom of the Swiss Super League in the 2020–21 campaign; Coulibaly scored two goals in 17 games, both goals coming against Sion.[5]

Later career

After leaving Vaduz Coulibaly returned to Dornach, now in the fifth tier of the Swiss football league system.[25] He was the team's top goal scorer in the 2021–22 season.[26]

Personal life

His brothers Karim, Ibrahim and Aly are also professional footballers.[27] Coulibaly completed his apprenticeship as accountant, but now he works as logistician. Together with his wife, who comes from Basel, he lives in Dornach. The pair have two children, a son and a daughter.[4]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 May 2021[5][28]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshoppers 2011–12[5] Swiss Super League 5000000050
2012–13[5] Swiss Super League 5000000050
Total 100000000100
Bournemouth 2013–14[29] Championship 7000100080
2014–15[30] Championship 0000000000
Total 7000100080
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[30] League One 4000002[lower-alpha 1]060
Port Vale (loan) 2014–15[30] League One 4000000040
Racing de Santander 2015–16[5] Segunda División B 408100000418
2016–17[5] Segunda División B 191300000221
Total 599400000639
UD Logroñés 2016–17[5] Segunda División B 8400000084
Vaduz 2017–18[5] Swiss Challenge League 28700001[lower-alpha 2]0297
2018–19[5] Swiss Challenge League 28200004[lower-alpha 2]2324
2019–20[5] Swiss Challenge League 31900008[lower-alpha 3]43913
2020–21[5] Swiss Super League 16200001[lower-alpha 2]0172
Total 10320000014611792
Career total 19533401016621639
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy.
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League.
  3. 2 appearances in the play-offs and 6 appearances and 2 goals in the UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Grasshoppers

Vaduz

References
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  4. Weber, Jakob (19 May 2022), "Ich vermisse den Profifussball nicht", I don't miss professional football, CH Regionalmedien AG, retrieved 19 May 2022
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  9. "AFC Bournemouth: Mohamed Coulibaly praises Eddie Howe". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  10. Ian Wadley (5 December 2013). "AFC Bournemouth: Howe hails wide options with Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  11. Neil Perrett (8 January 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: Coulibaly close to return". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  12. Nick Connoll (4 July 2014). "Bournemouth duo Ryan Allsopp and Mohamed Coulibaly complete loan switch to Coventry City". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  13. Alan Poole (13 November 2014). "Coventry City loan winger Mohamed Coulibaly sent back to home club". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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  16. "AFC Bournemouth: Ian Harte among seven leaving Cherries". BBC Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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  19. "Reus Deportiu vs. Racing Santander 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. El Real Racing Club rescinde el contrato a Coulibaly‚ realracingclub.es, 31 January 2017 (Spanish)
  21. "Unión Deportiva Logroñés » Mohamed Coulibaly ficha por la UD Logroñés". udlogrones.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  22. "UD Logroñés vs. Gernika - 14 May 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  23. Royal, Jonah (5 July 2017). "Mohamed Coulibaly al Vaduz | Chalcio.com". Chalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  24. "Thun vs. Vaduz - 10 August 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  25. "Mohamed Coulibaly :: Mohamed Moussa Coulibaly :: SC Dornach". soccerzz.com. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  26. Amateur Liga (AL) (2022). "Torschützenliste - Saison 2021/2022". Top scorers list - season 2021/2022. Amateur Liga (AL). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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  29. "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  30. "Games played by Mohamed Coulibaly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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