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 Boli in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Araz-Naxçıvan | ||
| Number | 70 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Avion | ||
| 2009–2019 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Lens II | 53 | (10) |
| 2019–2022 | Lens | 14 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Paris FC (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Vicenza (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Pau | 54 | (4) |
| 2024–2025 | Apollon Limassol | 21 | (1) |
| 2025– | Araz-Naxçıvan | 30 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2026 | |||
Charles Boli (born 30 August 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Araz-Naxçıvan.
Career
[edit]On 16 May 2019, Boli signed his first professional contract with Lens.[1] He made his professional first match for Lens in a 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue win over Troyes on 13 August 2019.[2] He signed a new four-year contract with Lens in January 2020.[3] He moved on loan to Paris FC in January 2021.[4] On 7 January 2022, he moved on loan to Vicenza in the Italian Serie B.[5]
Boli joined Ligue 2 side Pau on a two-year contract in August 2022.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Boli is the son of the Ivorian former footballer Roger Boli, nephew of French international footballer Basile Boli, and cousin of Ivorian footballer Yannick Boli.[7] Boli's brothers, Kévin and Yohan Boli, are also professional footballers, who have represented Ivory Coast internationally.[8]
Boli was born in Dundee, while his father played for Dundee United.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 10 August 2024[9][failed verification]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Paris FC (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Vicenza (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Pau | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 61 | 4 | |||||
| Career total | 91 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 6 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Lens : Premier contrat pro pour Charles Boli". www.lfp.fr.
- ↑ "Troyes vs. Lens - 13 August 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ↑ Meet the Dundee-born footballer who is tearing up Ligue 2 in France - and has just been handed a bumper new deal by Lens, The Scotsman, 14 January 2020
- ↑ Domenighetti, Joël (4 January 2021). "Transferts : Charles Boli prêté par Lens au Paris FC (L2)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ufficiale: dal RC Lens arriva in biancorosso Charles Boli!" (in Italian). Vicenza. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Football/Pau FC : Charles Boli, renfort d'attaque". La République des Pyrénées (in French). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Lens - Charles Boli aimerait tant que son père Roger le voie jouer à Bollaert". La Voix du Nord. 8 October 2018.
- ↑ Lemaître, Clément. "Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant".
- ↑ "France - C. Boli - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
External links
[edit]- Charles Boli at Soccerway
- Charles Boli at WorldFootball.net
- Charles Boli – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
- Charles Boli – French league stats at Ligue 2 (in French) (archived)
- La Depeche Profile
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Pas-de-Calais
- Scottish men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Scottish people of Ivorian descent
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- RC Lens players
- Paris FC players
- LR Vicenza players
- Pau FC players
- Apollon Limassol FC players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Serie B players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Boli family
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- CS Avion players
- Araz-Naxçıvan PFK players