Early Career
Coulibaly has a degree from the Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Économiques (Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences) at the University of Bamako, and is a financial enforcement inspector for the government of Mali. He began his refereeing career in 1994 with the District de Bamako league, then for Ligue 1 championnat national, and was finally promoted as a Fédération Malienne de Football official in 1999. Coulibaly has courted controversy for some of his past decisions. Officiating Cameroon's final 2006 World Cup qualifier against Egypt on 8 October 2005, Coulibaly ruled a disputed stoppage-time penalty against Egypt, while tied 1–1. Cameroon did not convert the penalty, which would have taken them through to the finals.
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