Aïssata Coulibaly

Coulibaly was born on May 12, 1983, in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. She plays the position of a lateral defender. Coulibaly started her career in Mali with AS Mandé football club. In 2004, Aïssata moved from Mali to the reserve of the Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (RC Saint -Étienne) in France. In January 2006, she was promoted to the Division one Féminine team of RC Saint -Étienne, where Coulibaly on May 21 that year made her professional debut against Stade Briochin Football Féminin. After four years playing for the St. Etienne AS, she returned to the African continent and since then has been playing for the Caïman AC de Lome in Togo. Coulibaly has since 2003 been playing for the Malian women national football team. She has made three appearances in Fifa world cup tournaments out of which her team drew twice and lost once to Ghana in 2003.^[1][2][3]