Souleymane Coulibaly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Souleymane Coulibaly | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Anguededou Songon, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Ahly | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Siena | ||
| 2011–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Grosseto (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Bari | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 25 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Peterborough United | 27 | (5) |
| 2016 | → Newport County (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Kilmarnock | 21 | (8) |
| 2017– | Al Ahly | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2011 | Ivory Coast U-20 | 9 | (14) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 21 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Souleymane Coulibaly (born 26 December 1994) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a centre forward for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly.
As a 13-year-old Coulibaly emigrated to Italy to avoid conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. He joined his father who had married an Italian woman.
Soon after arriving in Italy he signed for Junior Camp Arezzo Football Academy, one of the best academies in Tuscany. He played in the Allievi Regionali team and after a few months President Umberto Zerbini suggested his name to Siena. In 2010–11 he played 10 games for the Siena under-19s, scoring once.
On 18 July 2011 Tottenham Hotspur confirmed they had signed Coulibaly beating off the advances of a host of leading European clubs including Real Madrid and Manchester United following his golden boot-winning performance at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. 'Soli' scored for the Tottenham Hotspur XI on his debut against Brighton and Hove Albion in Algarve.
Coulibaly then scored twice in a 7–1 win for Spurs youth over Inter Milan in their second group game of the NextGen Tournament on 31 August 2011. He also opened the scoring in their third group game away at PSV Eindhoven, where they won 2–1. On 22 December 2011 Coulibaly scored an injury time winner against Stevenage in the FA Youth Cup, followed by a goal in a 2–1 victory over Cardiff City in the fourth round on 11 January 2012. He made his first team debut as a 65th-minute substitute in a pre-season friendly against Stevenage on 18 July 2012 and managed to score the winner.
On 25 January 2013, Coulibaly joined Italian Serie B club Grosseto on loan until the end of the season where he scored two goals from 12 appearances.
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