A biography for Kalidou Koulibalyhasn’t been written yet.
“I grew up in a town in France called Saint-Die, where there were many immigrants - Senegalese, Morrocans, Turks. My parents came from Senegal. My father came first, actually. He was a lumberjack. Yes, a real French lumberjack.”
“I'm a Napoli player and I'll give 100 percent to win something with this shirt.”
“Since I first came here, my focus has always been to keep improving with Napoli.”
“Sometimes people ask me this question in interviews and it is very difficult to answer. They say, 'Kouli, how does it feel when the fans make these racist howls at you? Does it bother you? What should be done?' I think that until you have lived it, you cannot really understand. It is such an ugly thing, and it is hard to talk about.”
“There is a lot of motivation for me at Napoli, we want to prove we're at the top level and I want to keep improving here.”
“We want to take Napoli to the top.”
“Since I'm a professional, every day I try to become a better player.”