| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mali | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LASK | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Duguwolofila | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Sarpsborg 08 | 27 | (4) |
| 2020–2025 | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Beerschot (loan) | 42 | (5) |
| 2024 | → AIK (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2025– | LASK | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Mali U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Mali | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:23, 3 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly (born 25 December 2000) is a Malian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Mali national team.
On 14 January 2019, Sarpsborg 08 announced the signing of Coulibaly to a four-year contract. [3]
On 9 September 2020, Premier League club Sheffield United announced the signing of Coulibaly [4] and immediately sent him to Belgian First Division A side Beerschot on a three-year loan deal. [5] The loan was terminated after two seasons following Beerschot's relegation from the Belgian top tier.
Coulibaly made his debut for the senior squad of Sheffield United on 7 January 2023 in a FA Cup matchup against Millwall [6] and made his first start on 7 February 2023 in the fourth-round replay win over Wrexham. [7] 4 days later he made his league debut as a late substitute in a 3–0 EFL Championship victory over Swansea City. [8]
On 3 January 2025, Coulibaly joined Austrian Bundesliga side LASK on a three-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. [9] [10]
In late March 2023, he made his international debut for Mali. [11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sarpsborg 08 | 2019 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Eliteserien | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| Total | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||||
| Sheffield United | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Beerschot (Loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 44 | 5 | ||||
| AIK (loan) | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| LASK | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 94 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 111 | 12 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |