Lassana Coulibaly

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Lassana Coulibaly
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Coulibaly warming up for Angers in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lecce
Number 29
Youth career
2009-2015 Bastia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Bastia 44 (1)
2017–2021 Angers 49 (2)
2018–2019 → Rangers (loan) 19 (1)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 16 (0)
2021–2024 Salernitana 94 (4)
2024– Lecce 9 (0)
International career‡
2016 Mali U20 1 (0)
2016– Mali 42 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Lassana Coulibaly (born 10 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie A club Lecce and the Mali national team.

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Club career

Coulibaly is a youth product from Bastia. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 August 2015 against Rennes. He replaced François Kamano during stoppage time in a 2–1 home win. [1] Two weeks later, he scored his first league goal against Guingamp. [2]

On 10 July 2018, Coulibaly joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan from Angers. [3]

On 14 August 2024, Coulibaly signed a three-year contract with Lecce. [4]

International career

Coulibaly was called up to the Mali U20 national team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s. [5] He made his debut for the senior Mali national team in a 5–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 4 September 2016. [6]

Subsequently, on 8 October 2016, he played a match against Ivory Coast counting for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (defeat 3-1). [7]

He competes for his first international competition at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

Two years later, he was summoned again to participate in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In December 2021, Coulibaly was selected by coach Mohamed Magassouba to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 2 January 2024 he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024. [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bastia II 2014–15 CFA 2 60————60
2015–16 CFA 280————80
Total140————140
Bastia 2015–16 Ligue 1 1512010——181
2016–17 Ligue 13000010——310
Total4512010——491
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 11910030——221
2020–21 Ligue 129120———311
Total4822030——532
Rangers (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 19111109 [a] 1—303
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 16010———170
Angers II 2019–20 CFA 210————10
Salernitana 2021–22 Serie A 31020———330
2022–23 Serie A35310———363
2023–24 Serie A28110———291
Total94440———984
Lecce 2024–25 Serie A9000———90
Career total246810160910027110
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played on 15 October 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201630
201750
201830
2019100
202030
202130
202240
202320
202490
Total420

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References

  1. ↑ "Bastia vs. Rennes - 8 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bastia vs. Guingamp - 22 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rangers: Lassana Coulibaly & Sadiq Umar join Steven Gerrard's team". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Coulibaly in giallorosso" [Coulibaly in yellow and red] (in Italian). Lecce. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les rencontres du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details". cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ↑ 65185 at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ Ouest-France (2 January 2024). "CAN 2024. La liste officielle du Mali pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "L. Coulibaly". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Lassana Coulibaly at National-Football-Teams.com
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