Naîgnouma Coulibaly Explained

Naîgnouma Coulibaly
Birth Date:31 May 1989
Birth Place:Bamako, Mali
Nationality:Malian
Height:1.91 m
Position:Center
League:LFB
Team:Cavigal Nice Basket

Naîgnouma Coulibaly (born 31 May 1989) is a Malian women's basketball player with Cavigal Nice Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Mali women's national basketball team.[1] After winning the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007, Coulibaly represented Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

After a long period in France, she joined in early September 2014 the Hungarian club DVTK Miskolc, which competes in the Eurocoupe.[3] After spending the 2015–2016 season in Spain with Girona for 9.4 points and 8.6 rebounds in the championship and 8.5 points and 7.2 rebounds in the Euroleague, she commits to the Turkish club Canik.[4] After three abroad, she returned to the LFB for 2017–2018 with Nice.[5]

In January 2022, after leaving the Russian club Syktyvkar, she made her return to France with the Flammes Carolo.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=55059/bio/index.html Profile
  2. https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/MLI/Nagnouma+Coulibaly/237148 Profile
  3. Web site: 9 September 2014. Thibaut Lasser. basquetebol.fr. Naignouma Coulibaly quitte Arras pour Miskolc (Hongrie).
  4. Web site: 22 August 2016. Thibaut Lasser. 22 August 2016. postup.fr. Turquie : Naignouma COULIBALY signe à Canik.
  5. Web site: 26 May 2017. Gabriel Pantel-Jouve. 26 May 2017. bebasket.fr. NAIGNOUMA COULIBALY RENFORCE NICE.
  6. Web site: 10 January 2022. Julien Henninot. 7 January 2022. bebasket.fr. NAIGNOUMA COULIBALY FAIT SON RETOUR EN LFB, À CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES.