Kalidou Koulibaly

**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.

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Metz II|2009–10|CFA 2|16|0|—|—|—|—|16|0|||||
|2010–11|CFA|15|2|—|—|—|—|15|2|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Metz|2010–11|Ligue 2|19|1|2|0|0|0|—|—|21|1|||
|2011–12|Ligue 2|22|0|3|0|0|0|—|—|25|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Genk|2012–13|Belgian Pro League|31|1|6|0|—|9|0|—|46|1|||
|2013–14|Belgian Pro League|33|2|3|0|—|9|0|1|0|46|2||||
|rowspan="9"|Napoli|2014–15|Serie A|27|1|2|0|—|9|0|1|0|39|1||
|2015–16|Serie A|33|0|2|0|—|7|0|—|42|0|||||
|2016–17|Serie A|28|2|2|0|—|8|0|—|38|2|||||
|2017–18|Serie A|35|5|2|0|—|8|0|—|45|5|||||
|2018–19|Serie A|35|2|2|0|—|11|0|—|48|2|||||
|2019–20|Serie A|25|0|2|0|—|7|0|—|34|0|||||
|2020–21|Serie A|26|0|3|1|—|7|0|1|0|37|1||||
|2021–22|Serie A|27|3|0|0|—|7|0|—|34|3|||||
|Chelsea|2022–23|Premier League|23|2|1|0|1|0|7|0|—|32|2|||
|Al-Hilal|2023–24|Saudi Pro League|24|2|2|0|—|9|0|7|0|42|2|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Senegal|2015|5|0|
|2016|7|0|||
|2017|10|0|||
|2018|9|0|||
|2019|11|0|||
|2020|2|0|||
|2021|9|0|||
|2022|15|1|||
|2023|7|0|||
|2024|6|0|||

- _Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koulibaly goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|29 November 2022|Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar|67||2–1|2–1|2022 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||

## Honours

**Genk**
- Belgian Cup: 2012–13

**Napoli**
- Coppa Italia: 2019–20
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2014

**Al-Hilal**
- Saudi Super Cup: 2023

**Senegal**
- Africa Cup of Nations: 2021; runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- CAF Team of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2023
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Golden Lion (Senegal Player of the Year): 2017, 2018
- Serie A Best Defender: 2018–19
- Serie A Player of the Month: September 2021
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2019
- IFFHS CAF Men Team of The Year: 2020
- IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade: 2011–2020

**Orders**
- Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion: 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kalidou Koulibaly
- **image**: Joueur de foot.jpg
- **caption**: Koulibaly with Senegal national football team, Senegal at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
- **full name**: Kalidou Koulibaly
- **birth place**: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Al Hilal SFC, Al-Hilal
- **clubnumber**: 3
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2003
- **youthclubs1**: SR Saint-Dié, Saint-Dié
- **youthyears2**: 2003–2006
- **youthclubs2**: FC Metz, Metz
- **youthyears3**: 2006–2009
- **youthclubs3**: SR Saint-Dié, Saint-Dié
- **youthyears4**: 2009–2010
- **youthclubs4**: FC Metz, Metz
- **years1**: 2009–2011
- **clubs1**: FC Metz, Metz II
- **caps1**: 31
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2010–2012
- **clubs2**: FC Metz, Metz
- **caps2**: 41
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2012–2014
- **clubs3**: K.R.C. Genk, Genk
- **caps3**: 64
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2014–2022
- **clubs4**: SSC Napoli, Napoli
- **caps4**: 236
- **goals4**: 13
- **years5**: 2022–2023
- **clubs5**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps5**: 23
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2023–
- **clubs6**: Al Hilal SFC, Al-Hilal
- **caps6**: 24
- **goals6**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2011–2012
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-20 football team, France U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2015–
- **nationalteam2**: Senegal national football team, Senegal
- **nationalcaps2**: 81
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: 23:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)