Adama Coulibaly (born 10 September 1980) is a Malian football (soccer) defender. He was born in Bamako Mali and began his career in his local club Djoliba AC. Coulibaly recently transferred to AJ Auxerre after spending a decade with his former club RC Lens. The transfer fee was priced at 2 million euros. He has played international matches for Mali along with his cousin Moussa Coulibaly. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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