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
Youth career
0000–2012	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	26	(8)
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

• NB I: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Magyar Kupa: 2021–22[12]

Individual

• Eliteserien top scorer: 2018[13]

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". 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.

External links

• Franck Boli at Soccerway