Boubacar Mansaly

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Boubacar Mansaly
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Guédiawaye, Senegal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2005–2006 ASC Yeggo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2011 Saint-Étienne II 100 (6)
2009–2010 Saint-Étienne 1 (0)
2011–2012 JA Drancy 17 (4)
2012–2015 Dinamo București 72 (3)
2015–2017 Astra Giurgiu 32 (0)
2017 BB Erzurumspor 9 (0)
2018 Salam Zgharta 11 (0)
2019 Atyrau 7 (0)
2020–2021 Spotlights
2021–2022 Abu Salem
Total249(13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boubacar Mansaly (born 4 February 1988) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Career

Mansaly was born on 4 February 1988 in Guédiawaye, Senegal and began playing junior-level football in 2005 at ASC Yeggo. [1] In January 2006, he went for a five-season spell to French side Saint-Étienne, but played mostly for the satellite team in the lower leagues. [1] [2] Mansaly made his debut for the first team on 15 August 2009 in Ligue 1, as coach Alain Perrin used him the entire match in a 3–1 away loss against Toulouse. [1] [2] [3] His second and final appearance for Saint-Étienne was in a 3–1 loss to Lens in the 2009–10 Coupe de France quarter-finals. [1] [2] [4] Afterwards he went to play for the 2011–12 season at fourth league side, JA Drancy. [1] [2]

In the summer of 2012, Mansaly joined Romanian club Dinamo București, where coach Dario Bonetti wanted him as Djakaridja Koné's replacement. [1] [2] [5] In his debut, he played the entire match under Bonetti, forming a central midfield partnership with compatriot Issa Ba during the penalty shoot-out victory against CFR Cluj in the 2012 Supercupa României, and his performance was highly regarded. [1] [5] [6] He also started playing in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate loss to Metalist Kharkiv in the 2012–13 Europa League play-off round. [1] [7] On 23 August 2013, Mansaly scored his first goal in a 6–0 victory against Universitatea Cluj, and on 13 December he netted another goal and provided an assist for Dorin Rotariu in a 4–0 win over ACS Poli Timișoara. [1] [8] Subsequently, on 21 November 2014, he scored his last goal for The Red Dogs in a 2–1 win against Gaz Metan Mediaș. [1] [9]

In September 2015, Mansaly signed a two-season contract with Astra Giurgiu. [1] [2] [10] In the first season, he played 13 league games under coach Marius Șumudică, as the team won the title. [1] [2] [11] Subsequently, he played six games in the 2016–17 Europa League campaign, as Astra reached the round of 32, where they were defeated by Genk. [1] [12] The club also reached the 2017 Cupa României final, but coach Șumudică did not use him in the loss to FC Voluntari. [13] On 13 May 2017, in the last round of the season, he made his last Liga I appearance in a 1–1 draw against his former team, Dinamo, totaling 104 matches with three goals in the competition. [1] [14]

In 2017, Mansaly left Romania to go play for Turkish second league team BB Erzurumspor. [2] [15] Subsequently, he moved to Lebanon at Salam Zgharta. [2] [15] Afterwards he joined Kazakhstan side Atyrau. [2] [15] [16] There, he reached the 2019 Kazakhstan Cup final, where coach Kuanysh Karakulov sent him in the 74th minute to replace Mikhail Gabyshev, but got replaced in the 113th minute with Ivan Antipov in the 2–1 loss after extra time to Kaysar Kyzylorda. [2] [15] [17] In 2020, Mansaly returned to Africa, playing first in Nigeria for Spotlights and then in Libya for Abu Salem, where he retired in 2022. [2] [15]

Honours

Dinamo București

Astra Giurgiu

Atyrau

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Boubacar Mansaly at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "La fiche complète de l'ancien Vert Boubacar MANSALY" [The full profile of former Green Boubacar MANSALY] (in Romanian). Ancientsverts.com. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Toulouse enfonce les Verts" [Toulouse pushes les Verts] (in Romanian). Lefigaro.fr. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
    "Toulouse FC 3:1 AS Saint-Étienne". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Lens 3:1 Saint-Étienne". Lequipe.fr. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Boubacar a reușit să impresioneze la Dinamo după un singur meci: "Are foamea-n gît!"" [Boubacar managed to impress Dinamo after just one match: "He's hungry!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "DINAMO, SUPERCAMPIOANA ROMÂNIEI CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2–2 (2–4 după loviturile de departajare). Țucudean, desemnat OMUL-MECIULUI" [DINAMO, ROMANIA SUPERCHAMPION CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2–2 (2–4 after penalty kicks). Țucudean, named MAN-OF-THE-MATCH] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Un regal în plină vară. Dinamo a învins la penalty-uri CFR Cluj şi a cucerit Supercupa României" [A royal in the middle of summer. Dinamo defeated CFR Cluj on penalties and won the Romanian Supercup] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Spectacol pe Național Arena! Supercupa României merge în Ștefan cel Mare după penalty-uri: CFR – Dinamo 2–2 (2–4)!" [Show at the National Arena! The Romanian Supercup goes to Stefan the Great after penalties: CFR – Dinamo 2–2 (2–4)!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dinamo - Metalist 0-2. Fotografia serii pe Arena Națională: Cosmin Matei, dărâmat de neputința echipei sale. Vezi imagini cu gestul lui!" [Dinamo - Metalist 0-2. Photo of the evening at the National Arena: Cosmin Matei, crushed by the helplessness of his team. See images of his gesture!] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Metalist - Dinamo 2-1! "Câinii" sunt OUT din Europa League" [Metalist - Dinamo 2-1! "Dogs" are OUT of the Europa League] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "FOTO și VIDEO Dinamo - U Cluj 6–0. Game, set și meci în "Ștefan cel Mare"" [PHOTO and VIDEO Dinamo - U Cluj 6–0. Game, set and match in "Stefan the Great"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    ""Câinii" știu să facă și spectacol. Dinamo - ACS Poli 4–0 și echipa lui Stoican are 4 victorii consecutive în Liga 1" [The "dogs" also know how to put on a show. Dinamo - ACS Poli 4–0 and Stoican's team has 4 consecutive victories in Liga 1] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dinamo a invins Gaz Metan Medias, scor 2-1 in Liga I" [Dinamo defeated Gaz Metan Medias, score 2-1 in Liga I] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Boubacar a semnat un contract pe 2 ani cu Astra Giurgiu" [Boubacar signed a 2-year contract with Astra Giurgiu] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Final de poveste. Dar o poveste frumoasă! Astra îngenuncheată pe teren, Șumudică a încheiat meciul în tribune, 0-1 cu Genk" [End of story. But a beautiful story! Astra kneeling on the field, Șumudică ended the match in the stands, 0-1 with Genk] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Boubacar Mansaly. Europa League 2016/2017". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  13. 1 2 "FC Voluntari - Astra 1–1 (5–3 d.l.d). Minunea din Ilfov! Claudiu Niculescu, performanță istorică în finala Cupei României" [FC Voluntari - Astra 1–1 (5–3 d.l.d.). The miracle of Ilfov! Claudiu Niculescu, historic performance in the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Dinamo a remizat cu Astra și a încheiat sezonul pe locul trei" [Dinamo drew with Astra and ended the season in third place] (in Romanian). Digi24.ro. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Unde a ajuns fotbalistul care susținea că "moare de foame" la Dinamo! A fost campion al României" [Where did the footballer who claimed that he was "starving" at Dinamo end up! He was champion of Romania] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Официально: Бубакар Мансали – игрок ФК Атырау". rfcatyrau.kz/ (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  17. 1 2 "Kaysar Kyzylorda 2–1 FK Atyrau". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  18. 1 2 Boubacar Mansaly at Soccerway
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