Fernand Coulibaly (born 1 August 1971) is a retired Malian professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

striker who played for several clubs in Europe and the

Mali national football team The Mali national football team ( Bambara: '' Mali jamana ntolatantɔn'', ) represents Mali in men's international football and is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The team's nickname is Les Aigles. They represent the country at tou ...

. He has Turkish citizenship with the name Muhammed Doğan. Coulibaly was born in

Ségou Ségou (; , ) is a town and an Communes of Mali, urban commune in south-central Mali that lies northeast of Bamako on the right bank of the River Niger. The town is the capital of the Ségou Cercle and the Ségou Region. With 130,690 inhabitant ...

. He played for

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turk ...

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

, Ankaragücü and

Denizlispor Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seati ...

in the Turkish

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. He also played for

Stade Lavallois Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (), also referred to as Stade Lavallois or simply Laval,Stade Laval, used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, is not a grammatically correct name for the club. is a Football in France, F ...

in the French

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. He was included in the

at the

1994 African Cup of Nations The 1994 African Cup of Nations, known as the Nescafé 1994 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Con ...

. During October 2005, Coulibaly was imprisoned at the Bamako Central Prison following an investigation of his investments with the Banque l'Habitat Mali.

References

1971 births Living people People from Ségou Sportspeople from Ségou Region Men's association football forwards Malian men's footballers Naturalized citizens of France France men's youth international footballers Mali men's international footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers 1994 African Cup of Nations players Stade Lavallois players Ligue 1 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Adana Demirspor footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Vanspor footballers Süper Lig players Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Turkish people of Malian descent {{Mali-footy-bio-stub