Goduine Koyalipou

Goduine Koyalipou

Koyalipou in 2025 with Lens
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Bangui, Central African Republic
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Levante (on loan from Lens)
Youth career
2008–2017	Niort
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	Niort II	20	(9)
2017–2021	Niort	57	(6)
2021–2023	Lausanne-Sport	22	(4)
2022–2023	→ Avranches (loan)	18	(13)
2023–2024	Beveren	30	(16)
2024–2025	CSKA Sofia	16	(14)
2025–	Lens	15	(4)
2025–	→ Levante (loan)	0	(0)
International career‡
2018	France U18	3	(2)
2018	France U19	2	(2)
2023–	Central African Republic	6	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Goduine Koyalipou (born 15 February 2000) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Levante on loan from Lens. A former youth international for France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team.

Club career

Koyalipou moved to France from the Central African Republic as a young child, and joined the Niort academy at the age of 7. Koyalipou made his professional debut for Niort in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 8 December 2017. ^[1] He signed his first professional contract on 26 January 2018. ^[2]

Koyalipou signed for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport in June 2021. ^[3] On 4 January 2023, he was loaned to Avranches in Championnat National. ^[4]

On 17 July 2023, Koyaliou signed a three-year contract with Beveren in Belgium. ^[5] On 6 August of the following year, he moved to CSKA Sofia where he signed a three-year contract. ^[6]

On 9 January 2025, Koyalipou returned to France and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Lens. ^[7] On 29 July, he was loaned to La Liga side Levante for one year. ^[8]

International career

Born in Central African Republic, Koyalipou represented France internationally. He was called up to the France U18s for a friendly tournament in April 2018. ^[9] After more than two years without being called to France's youth teams and irregular seasons, in January 2021, Koyalipou expressed his desire to represent Central African Republic. He made his debut for CAR on 7 September 2023 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana. ^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Niort II	2016–17	Championnat National 3	3	0	–		–		3	0
	2017–18		14	4	–		–		14	4
	2018–19		2	2	–		–		2	2
	2020–21		1	3	–		–		1	3
	Total		20	9	–		–		20	9
Niort	2017–18	Ligue 2	14	3	0	0	0	0	14	3
	2018–19		19	3	1	0	0	0	20	3
	2019–20		18	0	1	0	2	1	21	1
	2020–21		6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		57	6	2	0	2	1	61	7
Lausanne-Sport	2021–22	Swiss Super League	10	1	1	0	–		11	1
	2022–23	Swiss Challenge League	12	3	2	0	–		14	3
	Total		22	4	3	0	–		25	4
Avranches (loan)	2022–23	Championnat National 3	18	13	1	0	–		19	13
Beveren	2023–24	Challenger Pro League	30	16	2	1	–		32	17
CSKA Sofia	2024–25	Bulgarian First League	16	14	1	1	–		17	15
Lens	2024–25	Ligue 1	15	4	–		–		15	4
Levante (loan)	2025–26	La Liga	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
Career total			178	66	9	2	2	1	189	69

1. Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup, Belgian Cup, Bulgarian Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue

International

As of match played 12 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Central African Republic	2023	3	0
	2024	3	1
Total		6	1

Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first. ^[11]

List of international goals scored by Goduine Koyalipou

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2024	Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco	Lesotho	3–1	3–1	2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier

References

1. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 18ème journée - Chamois Niortais / Stade de Reims". www.lfp.fr.
2. "Goduine Koyalipou, du centre de formation des Chamois niortais à l'équipe professionnelle". 2 February 2018.
3. "Koyalipou, Kapo et Kingombe sont lausannois" (in French). lausanne-sport.ch. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
4. "GODUINE KOYALIPOU EN PRÊT JUSQU'AU TERME DE LA SAISON" (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
5. "WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, GODUINE KOYALIPOU!" [WELCOME TO THE FREETHIEL, GODUINE KOYALIPOU!] (in Dutch). Beveren. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
6. "ЦСКА подписа с централния нападател Годуин Коялипу" [CSKA signed centre-forward Goduine Koyalipou] (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
7. "Goduine Koyalipou, les crocs et l'instinct du buteur" [Goduine Koyalipou, the fangs and the instinct of the goal scorer] (in French). RC Lens. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
8. "Goduine Koyalipou se convierte en jugador del Levante UD" [Goduine Koyalipou becomes a Levante UD player] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
9. "Koyalipou en U18 France - Chamois Niortais FC". 10 April 2018.
10. "Ghana v CAR game report". Soccerway. 7 September 2023.
11. "Wild Beasts overpower Likuena in Group B Afcon qualifier opener". supersport.com. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

External links

• Goduine Koyalipou at Soccerway
• Goduine Koyalipou – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Goduine Koyalipou at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Chamois Niortais Profile Archived 7 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Goduine Koyalipou at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Goduine Koyalipou at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)