Charles Boli

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Charles Boli
Entrainement RC Lens - 2 juillet 2019 51.jpg
Boli in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Apollon Limassol
Number 70
Youth career
2005–2009 Avion
2009–2019 Lens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 Lens II 53 (10)
2019–2022 Lens 14 (0)
2021Paris FC (loan) 11 (2)
2021–2022Vicenza (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2024 Pau 54 (4)
2024– Apollon Limassol 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024

Charles Boli (born 30 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Apollon Limassol.

Contents

He is the son of footballer Roger Boli

Career

On 16 May 2019, Boli signed his first professional contract with Lens. [1] He made his professional first match for Lens in a 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue win over Troyes on 13 August 2019. [2] He signed a new four-year contract with Lens in January 2020. [3] He moved on loan to Paris FC in January 2021. [4] On 7 January 2022, he moved on loan to Vicenza in the Italian Serie B. [5]

Boli joined Ligue 2 side Pau on a two-year contract in August 2022. [6]

Personal life

Boli is the son of the Ivorian former footballer Roger Boli, nephew of French international footballer Basile Boli, and cousin of Ivorian footballer Yannick Boli. [7] Boli's brothers, Kévin and Yohan Boli, are also professional footballers, who have represented Ivory Coast internationally. [8]

Boli was born in Dundee, while his father played for Dundee United.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2024 [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens 2018–19 Ligue 2 00100010
2019–20 1001030140
2021–22 Ligue 1 400040
Total1402030190
Paris FC (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 2 11220132
Vicenza (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 120120
Pau 2022–23 Ligue 2 28140321
2023–24 26330293
Total54470614
Career total9161103000001056

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References

  1. "Lens : Premier contrat pro pour Charles Boli". www.lfp.fr.
  2. "Troyes vs. Lens - 13 August 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  3. Meet the Dundee-born footballer who is tearing up Ligue 2 in France - and has just been handed a bumper new deal by Lens, The Scotsman, 14 January 2020
  4. Domenighetti, Joël (4 January 2021). "Transferts : Charles Boli prêté par Lens au Paris FC (L2)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. "Ufficiale: dal RC Lens arriva in biancorosso Charles Boli!" (in Italian). Vicenza. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. "Football/Pau FC : Charles Boli, renfort d'attaque". La République des Pyrénées (in French). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. "Lens - Charles Boli aimerait tant que son père Roger le voie jouer à Bollaert". La Voix du Nord. 8 October 2018.
  8. Lemaître, Clément. "Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant".