Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bi Sylvestre Franck Fortune Boli | ||
Date of birth | 7 December 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Yamoussoukro, [1] Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Timbers | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Sporting Consultant | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Stabæk | 82 | (24) |
2015–2016 | Liaoning Whowin | 20 | (0) |
2016 | → Aalesund (loan) | 27 | (7) |
2017–2019 | Stabæk | 52 | (27) |
2019–2023 | Ferencváros | 84 | (28) |
2023– | Portland Timbers | 13 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 18 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2021 |
Franck Boli (born 7 December 1993) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers.
Boli signed with Eliteserien side Stabæk Fotball on 3 January 2012. [2] The leader of sports at Stabæk Fotball, Inge André Olsen said; "Boli has many qualities, with his technically good finishing and quick pace".
On 26 February 2015, Boli signed for Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin. [3]
In 2016, Boli signed for the Norwegian club Aalesunds FK, in what the club claimed was a 1-year loan from Liaoning. In an article in the football magazine Josimar from 10 May 2019, NFF confirmed that Boli signed for Aalesunds FK on a free transfer from the Ivorian amateur club Williamsville AC before the 2016 season. [4]
Boli returned to Stabæk on 20 December 2016, signing a three-year contract with the club. [5] After he finished as top scorer of the 2018 Eliteserien, his contract was extended through 2021. [6]
On 1 August 2019, Boli signed for Hungarian champions Ferencváros, making him the second Eliteserien signing of the team in two years, following breakout performer Tokmac Nguen. [7]
On 16 June 2020, Ferencváros clinched the championship by defeating Budapest Honvéd FC at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion on the 30th match day of the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. [8]
On 13 March 2023, Boli signed with Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers on a one-year deal. [9]
Boli made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 3 September 2021 when he came on as a substitute for Jean Evrard Kouassi in the 62nd minute of a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Mozambique which ended in a 0–0 away draw. [10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stabæk | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 6 | |
2013 | 1. divisjon | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 30 | 9 | |||
2014 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 14 | |||
Total | 82 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 29 | ||
Liaoning Whowin | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Aalesund (loan) | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 6 | ||
Stabæk | 2017 | Eliteserien | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 4 | ||
2018 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | 34 | 20 | |||
2019 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 15 | 8 | ||||
Total | 52 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 32 | ||
Ferencváros | 2019–20 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 |
2020–21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 | ||
2021–22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | ||
2022–23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
Total | 83 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 42 | ||
Career total | 264 | 85 | 29 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 330 | 109 |
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