Goduine Koyalipou
Central African footballer (born 2000)
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Goduine Koyalipou (born 15 February 2000) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Angers on loan from Lens. A former youth international for France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team.
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Koyalipou in 2025 with Lens | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bangui, Central African Republic | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Angers (on loan from Lens) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2017 | Niort | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Niort II | 20 | (9) |
| 2017–2021 | Niort | 57 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | → Avranches (loan) | 18 | (13) |
| 2023–2024 | Beveren | 30 | (16) |
| 2024–2025 | CSKA Sofia | 16 | (14) |
| 2025– | Lens | 15 | (4) |
| 2025–2026 | → Levante (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Angers (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 2018 | France U19 | 2 | (2) |
| 2023– | Central African Republic | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:22, 16 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Koyalipou moved to France from the Central African Republic as a young child, and joined the Niort academy at the age of 7. Koyalipou made his professional debut for Niort in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 8 December 2017.[1] He signed his first professional contract on 26 January 2018.[2]
Koyalipou signed for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport in June 2021.[3] On 4 January 2023, he was loaned to Avranches in Championnat National.[4]
On 17 July 2023, Koyaliou signed a three-year contract with Beveren in Belgium.[5] On 6 August of the following year, he moved to CSKA Sofia where he signed a three-year contract.[6]
On 9 January 2025, Koyalipou returned to France and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Lens.[7] On 29 July, he was loaned to La Liga side Levante for one year. He scored his first goal in a 4–0 victory over Girona. [8] On 29 January 2026, Koyalipou moved on a new loan to Angers.[9]
International career
Born in Central African Republic, Koyalipou represented France internationally. He was called up to the France U18s for a friendly tournament in April 2018.[10] After more than two years without being called to France's youth teams and irregular seasons, in January 2021, Koyalipou expressed his desire to represent Central African Republic. He made his debut for CAR on 7 September 2023 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Niort II | 2016–17 | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 9 | – | – | 20 | 9 | ||||
| Niort | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 7 | ||
| Lausanne-Sport | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Swiss Challenge League | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 3 | ||
| Total | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| Avranches (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 13 | |
| Beveren | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | 32 | 17 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2024–25 | Bulgarian First League | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | 17 | 15 | |
| Lens | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 4 | – | – | 15 | 4 | ||
| Levante (loan) | 2025–26 | La Liga | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 14 | 2 | |
| Angers (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 184 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 69 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup, Belgian Cup, Bulgarian Cup
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue
International
- As of match played 5 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2024 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco |  Lesotho | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier |
| 2. | 5 June 2026 | Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Togo | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |