Boubakar "Kiki" Kouyaté (born 15 April 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Mali national team.

Having finished third in the previous season, Kawkab qualified for the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, and the club reached the group stage.

[2] Kouyaté made 32 starts in his first season, playing alongside Ivanildo Fernandes at centre-back, as the club finished in 14th.

Kouyaté was included in a senior match-day squad for the first time on 12 October 2017 in a Taça de Portugal match against ARC Oleiros.

He made 12 appearances with the reserves in 2017–18 LigaPro, but sustained an injury on 4 February 2018 against Cova da Piedade, missing the rest of the season.

[3] In January 2019, Kouyaté signed a 3.5-year contract with Troyes in France's second division, Ligue 2, brought in by the club's Portuguese manager, Rui Almeida.

Troyes lost in the promotion play-off semi-final to Lens, and Kouyaté finished his first season making 12 appearances.