Potential African player of the year, a potential transfer to at least one of the simplest European clubs ... Kalidou Koulibaly nowadays reaping the fruits of his decisions, typically contested , career.
Everything smiles at Kalidou Koulibaly. The name of the Franco-Senegalese is so a part of the list of candidates for the simplest African player of the year 2018, established by the Confederation of African soccer (CAF) revealed weekday. Next to his name ar those of Mohamed salat, winner last year , of his national port Sadio Mané, or that of Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, taking part in at Arsenal. A pledge of talent and recognition from the pan-African organization WHO, in nominating the 27-year-old, confirms his growing success. as a result of the nice performances of Kalidou Koulibaly arouse the needs of the most important European clubs.
According to British people media the days , his potential transfer was at the center of AN interview between the leaders of Manchester United and SSC urban center. The Italian team, alert to the capabilities of its player, would need AN quantity larger than one hundred million euros. A add that will have conjointly mentioned Juventus, conjointly terribly interested in line with the Italian native radio Kiss Kiss Naples . If the transfer of the central defender is established, it'd break his contract with the urban center club, that had but extended in Gregorian calendar month till 2023.
From FC Metz to Italy
Would Kaloulou Koulibaly have hoped most simply a couple of years ago? This native Vosges born to Senegalese oldsters knew that he would be a athlete when the goal of Lilian Thuram against European nation in 1998. quite a decade later, it's among FC Metz, then in Ligue a pair of, that the player begins his skilled career. August 20, 2010 marks his launching within the championship against Vannes, within the 69th minute. He signed his initial skilled contract the subsequent year, for a amount of 3 years. For his initial season, Messin participates in nineteen Ligue a pair of games and 2 car Diamond State France matches.
In June 2012, Metz is relegated to National, the defender then seeks a brand new club. it'll be Kingdom of Belgium, among KRC Genk: he signs a four-year contract, for 1,000,000 and a 0.5 euros. 2 years later, the child from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges leaves for urban center, when his transfer of eight million euros. Kalidou Koulibaly progresses quickly, trained from 2015 to could 2018 by Maurizio Sarri. however in Italy, he's conjointly confronted by the racism of the spectators. Last Michaelmas Day, throughout the match Juve - urban center (3-1), he's the target of monkeys screams from supporters of urban center. In response, the Italian Federation suspended the Allianz bowl South flip for the 2 home games that followed, additionally to a fine of ten,000 euros.
The choice of African nation
In view of his success nowadays, Kalidou Koulibaly verified that once he left for urban center, he created the correct alternative. On the opposite hand, would it not are wrong by preferring the Senegalese national team to France, world champion this year? as a result of the athlete, WHO initial joined the U-20 team in France in twenty11 - he even compete the planet Cup dedicated to the current class - selected African nation on August 20, 2015. He then responds to the coach Aliou Cissé's charm for the match against Namibia, count for the 2017 will competition. Gregorian calendar month five marks the start of his career as a Téranga Lions player.
But it's throughout the planet Cup in Russia that the feeling is that the strongest. Despite his aggressiveness, the country is eliminated from the primary spherical, whereas they're on equal points with Japan. And each groups ar finally set at honest play. The competition remains "a sensible experience" for Kalidou Koulibaly, interviewed by the BBC. "I needed to point out that African nation is one in all the simplest groups in continent." it's for the pride that he had to represent the country of his oldsters, however conjointly his double culture, that nowadays the player has "no regrets".