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Kalidou Koulibaly
Senegalese-French association football player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a French-Senegalese footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and the Senegal national team.
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![]() Koulibaly with Senegal at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kalidou Koulibaly[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 32)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Hilal | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Saint-Dié | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Metz | |||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Saint-Dié | |||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Metz | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Metz II | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Metz | 41 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Genk | 64 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | Napoli | 236 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Chelsea | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Al-Hilal | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | France U20 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2015– | Senegal | 81 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
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Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before moving to Belgian club Genk in 2012. He won the Belgian Cup in his first season in the club. He joined Italian team Napoli in 2014, where he won the Supercoppa Italiana title and the Coppa Italia in 2020.