Gary Coulibaly

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Gary Coulibaly
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-30) 30 March 1986 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth Bastia, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2004 Bastia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2008 Bastia 35 (0)
2008–2011 Istres 107 (6)
2011–2014 Monaco 48 (1)
2014 Laval 13 (0)
2014–2015 Ajaccio 24 (0)
2015–2016 Waasland-Beveren 28 (0)
2016–2017 Levadiakos 24 (0)
2017–2022 Bastia 64 (2)
International career
2007–2008 France U20 6 (0)
2009–2010 Corsica 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Coulibaly (born 30 March 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Corsica in France and is of Malian descent. He previously represented France at under-20 level, but has represented Corsica at senior level.

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Career

Born in Bastia, Coulibaly began his career with SC Bastia and made 35 league appearances in four seasons with the club, one of them being in Ligue 1. [1] He moved to Istres in July 2008 and helped the club gain promotion to Ligue 2 as National champions in his first season. [1] Two years later, Coulibaly was transferred to Monaco, having scored 6 goals in 107 games for Istres. [1] [2]

In January 2014, he was released by Monaco, having played no games for the club in almost a year. [3] A few days later, he signed a six months contract with Laval. [4]

Six months later, Coulibaly returned to his native island, joining Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio. [5]

In July 2015, he joined Belgian First Division A club Waasland-Beveren on a free transfer. He signed a one-year contract with the option of another. [6]

In August 2017, Coulibaly returned to his former club SC Bastia as one of four new signings announced by the club, which had played in Ligue 1 in the 2016–17 season but dropped to the fifth-tier Championnat National 3 after filing bankruptcy. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gary Coulibaly". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Gary Coulibaly". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Résiliation de contrat pour Gary Coulibaly" [Contract terminated for Coulibaly] (in French). asm-fc.com. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gary Coulibaly s'engage avec Laval" [Gary Coulibaly signs with Laval] (in French). stade-lavallois.com. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Un international Corse à l'ACA" (in French). ac-ajaccio.com. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jupiler Pro League - Waasland-Beveren recrute le médian Gary Coulibaly". RTL sport (in French). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bastia (National 3) recrute trois joueurs sous contrat fédéral et un joueur avec le statut amateur". L'Équipe (in French). 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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