Senegalese center back Kalidou Koulibaly has completed his move to Saudi Professional League side Al-Hilal.
This was confirmed by both the Saudi club and Chelsea on Sunday in social media posts.
🎬 We’ll continue to make history together 🤝💙#AlHilal_Video #AlHilal
— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) June 25, 2023
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Koulibaly leaves Chelsea less than a year since he joined the club from Napoli.
He made 32 appearances for the Blues in all competitions last season and scored two goals, playing as a center back.
Before Koulibaly joined the Blues, he had spent eight years at Napoli and won two trophies including the 2019/20 Copa Italia and the 2014 Supercoppa Italiana)
The 32-year old becomes the second Chelsea player to depart Chelsea for Saudi, after Kante completed his move last week.
Hakim Ziyech and Eduard Mendy are also on the way to Saudi Arabia to join Al Nassr and Al Ahli respectively.
Al Hilal are one of the three teams to have participated in all seasons of the Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.
Overall, Al-Hilal have won 66 official titles. In domestic competitions, they have won a record 18 Professional League titles, a record 13 Crown Prince Cup titles, a record seven Saudi Federation Cup titles, ten King Cup titles, a record three Super Cup titles, as well as the Saudi Founder’s Cup.
Internationally, Al-Hilal have won a record eight Asian Football Confederation trophies – the AFC Champions League in 1991, 2000, 2019 and 2021, the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 1997 and 2002, and the Asian Super Cup in 1997, 2000. In September 2009, Al-Hilal was awarded Best Asian Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS.
