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Abdoul Karim Coulibaly

Rising assetWerder Bremen · 19 yrs

Profile

PositionCentre-back
NationalityGermany
Age19
Date of birth23 May 2007
Height191 cm
Shirt number#31
ClubWerder Bremen
Centre-back
27
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
2122
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Werder Bremen.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Werder Bremen's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences and 1 suspension (thigh). He still appeared 27 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Bundesliga271021226.45

Scout report

Rising assetCentral defender

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly is a 19-year-old central defender at Werder Bremen, rated 79.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 57th of 325 on scout potential in the Bundesliga and 50th of 995 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (78.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.84 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Coulibaly.

Judged on this season alone, Coulibaly graded 24 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga, on 4 clean sheets and 2.842 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Coulibaly, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 79, top 10% of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 19 Coulibaly is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 37.9 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Coulibaly missed 3 games through injury and 1 suspension (thigh) out of roughly 34 this season. The 27 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

Current potentialTop 10% centre-backs · BundesligaCurrent season29th of 52 centre-backs · Bundesliga29th-best centre-back in the Bundesliga57th in the Bundesliga · potential5th-highest potential centre-back in the Bundesliga50th-highest potential U-21 tracked
79.2
Ratingi
5th of 52 centre-backs
24.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
78.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.84
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Werder Bremen finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side

2.84
Def. / 90
27
Tackles
23
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

2.84 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 78.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 19 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 79.2, Coulibaly carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Bundesliga (top 10%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Werder Bremen finished 15th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.84 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 19 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (99/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 19, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.