Goduine Koyalipou

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Goduine Koyalipou
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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)
Number 15
Youth career
2008–2017 Niort
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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) 1 (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 04:22, 16 September 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.

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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. He scored his first goal in a 4-0 victory over Girona. [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 14 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Niort II 2016–17 Championnat National 3 30––30
2017–18 144––144
2018–19 22––22
2020–21 13––13
Total209––209
Niort 2017–18 Ligue 2 1430000143
2018–19 1931000203
2019–20 1801021211
2020–21 60000060
Total5762021617
Lausanne-Sport 2021–22 Swiss Super League 10110–111
2022–23 Swiss Challenge League 12320–143
Total22430–254
Avranches (loan) 2022–23 Championnat National 3181310–1913
Beveren 2023–24 Challenger Pro League 301621–3217
CSKA Sofia 2024–25 Bulgarian First League 161411–1715
Lens 2024–25 Ligue 1 154––154
Levante (loan) 2025–26 La Liga 1000–10
Career total17966922119069

International

As of match played 12 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Central African Republic 202330
202431
Total61
Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first. [11]
List of international goals scored by Goduine Koyalipou
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2024 Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, MoroccoFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 3–13–1 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.
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