Lassana Coulibaly

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Lassana Coulibaly (born 10 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie A club Lecce and the Mali national team.

Lassana Coulibaly

Coulibaly warming up for Angers in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lecce
Number	29
Youth career
2009-2015	Bastia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Bastia	44	(1)
2017–2021	Angers	49	(2)
2018–2019	→ Rangers (loan)	19	(1)
2019–2020	→ Cercle Brugge (loan)	16	(0)
2021–2024	Salernitana	94	(4)
2024–	Lecce	38	(1)
International career‡
2016	Mali U20	1	(0)
2016–	Mali	46	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:55, 25 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:23, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Coulibaly is a youth product from Bastia. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 August 2015 against Rennes. He replaced François Kamano during stoppage time in a 2–1 home win.^[1] Two weeks later, he scored his first league goal against Guingamp.^[2]

On 10 July 2018, Coulibaly joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan from Angers.^[3]

On 14 August 2024, Coulibaly signed a three-year contract with Lecce.^[4]

International career

Coulibaly was called up to the Mali U20 national team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s.^[5] He made his debut for the senior Mali national team in a 5–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 4 September 2016.^[6]

Subsequently, on 8 October 2016, he played a match against Ivory Coast counting for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (defeat 3-1).^[7]

He competes for his first international competition at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

Two years later, he was summoned again to participate in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In December 2021, Coulibaly was selected by coach Mohamed Magassouba to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 2 January 2024 he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025.^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bastia II	2014–15	CFA 2	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
	2015–16	CFA 2	8	0	—		—		—		—		8	0
	Total		14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
Bastia	2015–16	Ligue 1	15	1	2	0	1	0	—		—		18	1
	2016–17	Ligue 1	30	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		31	0
	Total		45	1	2	0	1	0	—		—		49	1
Angers	2017–18	Ligue 1	19	1	0	0	3	0	—		—		22	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	29	1	2	0	—		—		—		31	1
	Total		48	2	2	0	3	0	—		—		53	2
Rangers (loan)	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	19	1	1	1	1	0	9[a]	1	—		30	3
Cercle Brugge (loan)	2019–20	Belgian Pro League	16	0	1	0	—		—		—		17	0
Angers II	2019–20	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Salernitana	2021–22	Serie A	31	0	2	0	—		—		—		33	0
	2022–23	Serie A	35	3	1	0	—		—		—		36	3
	2023–24	Serie A	28	1	1	0	—		—		—		29	1
	Total		94	4	4	0	—		—		—		98	4
Lecce	2024–25	Serie A	38	1	0	0	—		—		—		38	1
Career total			275	9	10	1	6	0	9	1	0	0	300	11

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played on 5 June 2025^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2016	3	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	4	0
	2023	2	0
	2024	11	0
	2025	2	0
Total		46	0