![]() Kolli in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rayan Jawad Kolli | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 2005 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2023 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | (4) |
International career | |||
2023– | Algeria U20 | 5 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC) |
Rayan Jawad Kolli (born 10 February 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers. Born in England, he represents Algeria at youth level.
Kolli signed for the Queens Park Rangers youth academy aged eight. [1] He signed his first professional contract for the club in January 2023. [2]
On 16 August 2023, he came on as a substitute in the 64th minute to make his professional debut in the first round of the EFL Cup against Norwich City. [3]
On 7 December 2024, Kolli scored his first senior goals with a brace in a 3–0 victory over Norwich City, a first home league victory of the season for the Rs. [4]
Born in England, Kolli is of Algerian descent. He was called up to the Algeria under-17 squad for the 2021 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, but the tournament was cancelled. [5]
In the summer of 2024, Rayan Kolli received multiple hate comments from a user name "@qprxans" on Instagram. These comments wished him to have a career-ending injury and called him a terrorist sympathizer. These comments came to the attention of his father who took to Facebook to display his outrage and call @qprxans Islamophobic. This led to the abuser to get heaps of amount online, calling for him to be attacked. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 2023–24 [7] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
2024–25 [8] | Championship | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 5 | ||
Career total | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 |