Franck Boli

Franck Boli
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 31)
Place of birth Yamoussoukro,[1] Ivory Coast
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Atlético San Luis
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)
2024– Atlético San Luis 1 (1)
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.

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
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
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

Honours

Ferencváros

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Norvège : Franck Boli, attaquant à la vitesse explosive!!". letalentcache.net (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Stabæk Fotball > Boli har signert for Stabæk". Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Stabæk håver inn millioner etter Boli-salg". budstikka.no/ (in Norwegian). Budstikka. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Boli-mysteriet". 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Franck Boli har signert en treårsavtale med Stabæk". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk FC. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Eliteserietoppscorer Boli forlenget med Stabæk". nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen Sports. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ^ "NORVÉG GÓLKIRÁLYT IGAZOLTUNK!". fradi.hu (in Hungarian). Ferencváros. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  8. ^ "NBI: A Honvéd legyőzésével bajnok lett a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport. 16 June 2020.
  9. ^ Timbers, Portland. "Timbers sign forward Franck Boli from Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC | PTFC". Portland Timbers.
  10. ^ "Mozambique v Côte d'Ivoire game report". FIFA. 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Franck Boli". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Összejött a duplázás: a bajnokság után a Magyar Kupa is a Ferencvárosé!". Nemzeti Sport. 11 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Toppscorerliste 2018". Retrieved 25 November 2018.


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