Franck Boli

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Franck Boli
Franck Boli 2023 Portland Plaid jersey (cropped2).jpg
Boli with the Portland Timbers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Bi Sylvestre Franck Fortune Boli
Date of birth (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 29)
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
0000–2012 Sporting Consultant
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Stabæk 82 (24)
2015–2016 Liaoning Whowin 20 (0)
2016Aalesund (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.

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Club career

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]

Ferencváros

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 October 2022 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2012 Tippeligaen 2853120336
2013 1. divisjon 26643309
2014 Tippeligaen2813613414
Total822413520009729
Liaoning Whowin 2015 Chinese Super League 20000200
2016 000000
Total200000000200
Aalesund (loan) 2016 Tippeligaen27620296
Stabæk 2017 Eliteserien 10410114
2018 291733203420
2019 13622158
Total52276500206032
Ferencváros 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28101181003712
2020–21 28103193004014
2021–22 1954442002711
2022–23 830012200205
Total8328863380012442
Career total26485291635820330109

Honours

Ferencváros

Individual

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