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Paul Koulibaly
Personal information
Full name	Keba Paul Koulibaly
Date of birth	24 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team	EFO
Youth career
	EFO
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	EFO
2008–2009	Al Nasr
2009–2010	Al-Ittihad
2010–2011	Asswehly
2012	R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne
2012	Dinamo București
2013–2014	Al Shorta
2014–2016	Horoya AC
2017	ASEC Mimosas
2017–	EFO
International career‡
2006–2015	Burkina Faso
Medal record
Representing Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2015

Keba Paul Koulibaly (born 24 March 1986) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defender for EFO and the Burkina Faso national team. He plays as a centre-back or a left-back.

Personal life

Paul's twin brother, Pierre Koulibaly is also a professional footballer.

Club

Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in Burkina Faso.^[1]

In January 2008, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad Tripoli club, but due to the maximum numbers of foreigners players playing in squad, they loaned him out to Al-Nasr Benghazi.

He went for a trial with Leeds United towards the end of July 2010,^[2] but was not kept.

In 2010–2011, he played for Asswehly and then left for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne.

In 2012, he moved to Dinamo București. Won the 2012 Romanian Supercup with the club. After playing in the club for six months, he went to the Iraqi club Al Shorta. He won the Iraqi Premier League with the club.

In 2014, he moved to the Guinean club Horoya AC. With him he won all the trophies in Guinea (championship, cup and super cup). In 2017 he returned to the EFO.

Koulibaly made his debut for Burkina Faso in 2006. Together with the Burkina Faso national team, he took part in four African Cups of Nations. In 2013, together with her, he reached the final of the tournament, where his team lost to Nigeria 0–1. On January 10, 2015, Koulibaly played his last international match in a friendly against Swaziland.