Roger Boli

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Roger Boli
Personal information
Full name Roger Zokou Boli [1]
Date of birth (1965-09-26) 26 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Adjamé, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1988 Auxerre 55 (5)
1988–1989 Lille 25 (5)
1989–1996 Lens 229 (67)
1996–1997 Le Havre 26 (4)
1997–1998 Walsall 41 (12)
1998 Dundee United 3 (0)
1998–1999 AFC Bournemouth 6 (0)
International career
France U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Zokou Boli (born 26 September 1965) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in the French and British leagues. Born in Ivory Coast, he represented France at youth level. He is currently a sports agent.

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Career

Roger Boli started his career with AJ Auxerre, where he spent four seasons. A season at Lille OSC followed, before a long spell with RC Lens. During his seven seasons with the club, Boli won promotion to Ligue 1, and finished joint-top scorer in the 1993–94 season. A season was spent with Le Havre AC before moving to England with Walsall in 1997. Boli's twelve league goals with the Saddlers drew attention from Scottish side Dundee United and Boli moved north in a £150,000 deal in 1998. Injuries restricted him to just three league appearances, although he did score once in the Scottish League Cup against Stirling Albion, [2] and within three months a £100,000 move saw him head to AFC Bournemouth. Boli's seven appearances would be his last before retiring in the summer of 1999.

In May 2001, Boli arranged a benefit match – Le Jubilé de Roger Boli – which saw past and present Lens players play against a team of French superstars (Zinedine Zidane, Marcel Desailly, Patrick Vieira, Eric Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, etc.). Lens won 7–2, with the match proceeds going to the Raoul-Follereau association.

Personal life

Boli holds Ivorian and French nationalities. [3]

He is the brother of the French former footballer Basile Boli, and uncle of the Ivorian footballer Yannick Boli. His sons, Charles, Yohan, and Kevin are also professional footballers. [4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[ citation needed ]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Auxerre 1984–85 Division 1 10100——101
1985–86 Division 117310—2 [a] 0203
1986–87 Division 112133——154
1987–88 Division 116020—1 [a] 0190
Total55463—30647
Lille 1988–89 Division 125531——286
Lens 1989–90 Division 2B 331610——3416
1990–91 Division 2B311110—5 [b] 43715
1991–92 Division 133420——354
1992–93 Division 131320——333
1993–94 Division 1352042——3922
1994–95 Division 13892020—429
1995–96 Division 128410104 [a] 2346
Total22967132309625475
Le Havre 1996–97 Division 12641010—284
Walsall 1997–98 [5] Division Two 411244626 [c] 65724
Dundee United 1998–99 [6] Premier League 30—21—51
AFC Bournemouth 1998–99 [6] Division Two 6020101 [c] 0100
Career total3859226101331912443117
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Division 2 promotion play-offs
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

Honours

Individual

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Roger Boli". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "This Week in History Archive". DundeeUnitedFC.co.uk. 8 August 1998. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Joueur".
  4. ↑ Lemaître, Clément (20 October 2017). "Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant".
  5. ↑ "Games played by Roger Boli in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Roger Boli in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  7. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN   978-1-85291-588-9.
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