Career
Coulibaly has starred for Mali since breaking onto the international scene as a 16-year-old. Coulibaly was the leading scorer at the along with Serge Ibaka at the 2006 International Basketball Federation Africa U-18 Championships, averaging 18.6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. He scored a team-leading 26 points in a semifinal victory against Angola that earned Mali a berth at the International Basketball Federation Under-19 World Championship 2007. Although Mali struggled to a 15th place finish in this tournament after being placed in a group with the gold medal winning host country Serbia, eventual silver medalist United States, and China, Coulibaly was the tournament"s fourth leading scorer with 19.6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Coulibaly played in the 2007 International Basketball Federation Africa Championship as a 19-year-old, but saw little action for the team
Two years later, however, Coulibaly had a breakout performance at the 2009 International Basketball Federation Africa Championship for quarterfinalist Mali, averaging 14.6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company on a Mali team that came within one point of advancing to the semifinals after losing 74-73 to Tunisia.