
Tunisia’s national team manager, Nabil Maaloul, called Esperence midfielder Fousseny Coulibaly alongside 26 other players for the next national team camp in January.
Coulibaly, born in Ivory
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The 28-year-old midfielder never played in Ivory Coast’s national team is eligible to wear Tunisia’s jersey.
Coulibaly spent the last five years playing in the Tunisian league. He joined US Monastir in 2013, and, after one year, he was transferred to play for Esperence. Since then, he had become a regular player at the team squad.
Tunisia’s team is used to grant citizenship to players to play for Tunisia. In
sbobet888the 2004 African Cup of Nations, they had Francileudo Santos and Jose Clayton, both born in Brazil, who led the team to win the title.
The 2018 World Cup draw put Tunisia in Group G, alongside England, Panama and Belgium.
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