Former Malian international Sebe Coulibaly successfully transitions by launching Ladies Squad, an application dedicated to women’s sports. In an interview with CAFOnline.com, she explains how she anticipated her post-career to continue to have a lasting impact on African sports.
At 32 years old, Sebe Coulibaly embodies a successful transition, unlike the void that many athletes fear after their careers. Since 2018, after participating in the Africa Cup of Nations, she began preparing for her future alongside her on-field performances. Committed to the dual career concept, she gradually developed her association and her application Ladies Squad, designed to overcome barriers to sports practice for women, such as professional constraints, lack of facilities, or difficulty finding playing partners. “Football built me,” she says, emphasizing the importance of values such as respect, team spirit, and community living, now at the heart of her projects.
With Ladies Squad, Sebe Coulibaly offers more than just a digital solution: a true ecosystem dedicated to women’s sports, based on meeting, sharing, and inclusion. The goal is clear: to enable all women to engage in sports activities in an accessible and motivating environment. Still active on the field, especially in futsal, the former international player continues her commitment with the same passion, but in a different form. Her journey illustrates a strong trend in African sports: athletes becoming agents of change, capable of transforming their experiences into concrete drivers for the future of women’s sports.
