# Goduine Koyalipou

Goduine Koyalipou (born 15 February 2000) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lens. A former youth international for France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team.

## 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. He signed his first professional contract on 26 January 2018.
Koyalipou signed for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport in June 2021. On 4 January 2023, he was loaned to Avranches in Championnat National.
On 17 July 2023, Koyaliou signed a three-year contract with Beveren in Belgium.
On 6 August 2024, Koyaliou moved to CSKA Sofia where he signed a three-year contract.
On 9 January 2025, Koyalipou returned to France and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Lens.

## 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. 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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 1 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Niort II | 2016–17 | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Niort II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 |
| Niort II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Niort II | 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Niort II | Total | Total | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| Niort | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 |
| Niort | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 3 |
| Niort | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 1 |
| Niort | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| Niort | Total | Total | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 2021–22 | Super League | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 2022–23 | Challenge League | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 |
| Lausanne-Sport | Total | Total | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Avranches (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 13 |
| Beveren | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 17 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2024–25 | First League | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 15 |
| Lens | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 170 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 66 |

### International

    As of match played 12 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Central African Republic | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Central African Republic | 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first.