Dakar 2026 strengthens its defense! The organizing committee of next Youth Olympic Games announced that Kalidou Koulibaly was joining the family of official ambassadors of the event. A nice coup, since he is the very popular captain of the national football team, who is preparing to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations – a competition he won with the Lions in 2022.
Trained in Metz, he became one of the best defenders in the world in Naples, where he won an Italian Cup and played over 300 matches. He also wore Chelsea's colors and currently plays for Al-Hilal, one of the most prestigious clubs in Saudi Arabia. See you in 2026 for this major event in Senegal – an African first! " he says in the video shared by COJOJ.
Koulibaly is not the first footballer to take on this role: Abdou Diallo, who notably played for AS Monaco, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-GermainHe is also one of the ambassadors of the YOG, as are the artist Elzo Jamdong, the swimmer Oumy Diop, and Amadou Gallo Fall, president of the Basketball Africa League.
