Kalidou Koulibaly
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Kalidou Koulibaly is a Senegalese professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, known for his strength, leadership, and performances in European and international football.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalidou Koulibaly canonical | 5 |
| Koulibaly | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1820268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kalidou Koulibaly Context triple: [Al Hilal SFC, notableForeignPlayer, Kalidou Koulibaly]
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Sadio Mané
Sadio Mané is a Senegalese professional footballer renowned as one of Africa’s top forwards, known for his prolific spells at Liverpool and Bayern Munich before moving to the Saudi Pro League.
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B.
Riyad Mahrez
Riyad Mahrez is an Algerian professional footballer, renowned as a skillful winger, who has starred for clubs like Leicester City and Manchester City and played a key role in multiple Premier League title wins.
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C.
Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba is a retired Ivorian footballer renowned as one of Africa’s greatest strikers, best known for his prolific spell at Chelsea FC and his influential humanitarian work.
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D.
Darlington Nagbe
Darlington Nagbe is a Liberian-American professional soccer midfielder known for his technical skill, composure on the ball, and success in Major League Soccer and with the U.S. national team.
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E.
N’Golo Kanté
N’Golo Kanté is a French professional footballer renowned as one of the world’s best defensive midfielders, celebrated for his tireless work rate, ball-winning ability, and key roles in Leicester City’s 2015–16 Premier League title and France’s 2018 World Cup victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Kalidou Koulibaly Target entity description: Kalidou Koulibaly is a Senegalese professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, known for his strength, leadership, and performances in European and international football.
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A.
Sadio Mané
Sadio Mané is a Senegalese professional footballer renowned as one of Africa’s top forwards, known for his prolific spells at Liverpool and Bayern Munich before moving to the Saudi Pro League.
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B.
Riyad Mahrez
Riyad Mahrez is an Algerian professional footballer, renowned as a skillful winger, who has starred for clubs like Leicester City and Manchester City and played a key role in multiple Premier League title wins.
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C.
Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba is a retired Ivorian footballer renowned as one of Africa’s greatest strikers, best known for his prolific spell at Chelsea FC and his influential humanitarian work.
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D.
Darlington Nagbe
Darlington Nagbe is a Liberian-American professional soccer midfielder known for his technical skill, composure on the ball, and success in Major League Soccer and with the U.S. national team.
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E.
N’Golo Kanté
N’Golo Kanté is a French professional footballer renowned as one of the world’s best defensive midfielders, celebrated for his tireless work rate, ball-winning ability, and key roles in Leicester City’s 2015–16 Premier League title and France’s 2018 World Cup victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football defender
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human ⓘ professional footballer ⓘ |
| captained | Senegal national football team ⓘ |
| clubCareerStart | FC Metz ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Senegal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1991-06-20 ⓘ |
| debutForNationalTeam | 2015 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Kalidou Koulibaly
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Koulibaly
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| fullName | Kalidou Koulibaly self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Kalidou ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | France ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground | Senegalese descent ⓘ |
| height | 1.86 m ⓘ |
| honour |
Africa Cup of Nations
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surface form:
Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner with Senegal
Belgian Cup 2012–13 winner with Genk ⓘ Coppa Italia 2019–20 winner with Napoli ⓘ |
| individualAward |
CAF Team of the Year
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Serie A Team of the Year ⓘ |
| joinedClub |
Al Hilal SFC
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surface form:
Al-Hilal SFC in 2023
Chelsea F.C. in 2022 ⓘ K.R.C. Genk in 2012 ⓘ S.S.C. Napoli in 2014 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ball-playing ability
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defensive awareness ⓘ leadership ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn |
Belgian Pro League
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Ligue 2 ⓘ Premier League ⓘ Saudi Pro League ⓘ Serie A ⓘ |
| nationality | Senegalese ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Africa Cup of Nations
ⓘ
surface form:
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form:
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form:
2021 Africa Cup of Nations
2022 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
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surface form:
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
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| playedFor |
Al Hilal SFC
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surface form:
Al-Hilal SFC
Chelsea F.C. ⓘ FC Metz ⓘ KRC Genk ⓘ
surface form:
K.R.C. Genk
S.S.C. Napoli ⓘ |
| playsInPosition | central defender ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | centre-back ⓘ |
| representedNationalTeam | Senegal national football team ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
aggressive tackler
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comfortable in possession ⓘ physically strong centre-back ⓘ |
| won |
Africa Cup of Nations
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surface form:
2021 Africa Cup of Nations
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kalidou Koulibaly Description of subject: Kalidou Koulibaly is a Senegalese professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, known for his strength, leadership, and performances in European and international football.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Koulibaly