Charles Boli
{{short description|Scottish footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charles Boli
| image = Entraînement RC Lens - 2 juillet 2019 51.jpg
| upright =
| caption = Boli in 2019
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|8|30}}
| birth_place = Dundee, Scotland
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Apollon Limassol
| clubnumber = 70
| youthyears1 = 2005–2009
| youthclubs1 = Avion
| youthyears2 = 2009–2019
| youthclubs2 = Lens
| years1 = 2017–2022
| clubs1 = Lens II
| caps1 = 53
| goals1 = 10
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = Lens
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Paris FC (loan)
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → Vicenza (loan)
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = Pau
| caps5 = 54
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Apollon Limassol
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 1
| club-update = 26 January 2025
}}
Charles Boli (born 30 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Apollon Limassol.
He is the son of footballer Roger Boli.
Career
On 16 May 2019, Boli signed his first professional contract with Lens.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/article/lens-premier-contrat-pro-pour-charles-boli.htm |title=Lens : Premier contrat pro pour Charles Boli |website=www.lfp.fr}} He made his professional first match for Lens in a 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue win over Troyes on 13 August 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/13/france/coupe-de-la-ligue/esperance-sportive-troyes-aube-champagne/racing-club-de-lens/3082714/ |title=Troyes vs. Lens - 13 August 2019 - Soccerway |website=Soccerway}} He signed a new four-year contract with Lens in January 2020.[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/scottish-premiership/latest-premiership-news/meet-dundee-born-footballer-who-tearing-ligue-2-france-and-has-just-been-handed-bumper-new-deal-lens-1397310 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 He moved on loan to Paris FC in January 2021.{{cite news |last1=Domenighetti |first1=Joël |title=Transferts : Charles Boli prêté par Lens au Paris FC (L2) |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-charles-boli-prete-par-lens-au-paris-fc-l2/1211402 |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=L'Équipe |date=4 January 2021 |language=fr}} On 7 January 2022, he moved on loan to Vicenza in the Italian Serie B.{{cite web|publisher=Vicenza|url=https://www.lrvicenza.net/ufficiale-dal-rc-lens-arriva-in-biancorosso-charles-boli/|title=Ufficiale: dal RC Lens arriva in biancorosso Charles Boli!|date=7 January 2022|access-date=7 January 2022|language=it}}
Boli joined Ligue 2 side Pau on a two-year contract in August 2022.{{cite news |title=Football/Pau FC : Charles Boli, renfort d'attaque |url=https://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/sport/football/football-pau-fc-charles-boli-nouvelle-recrue-11853257.php |access-date=5 August 2022 |work=La République des Pyrénées |date=3 August 2022 |language=fr}}
Personal life
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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/464896/article/2018-10-08/charles-boli-aimerait-tant-que-son-pere-le-voit-jouer-bollaert |title=Lens - Charles Boli aimerait tant que son père Roger le voie jouer à Bollaert |date=8 October 2018 |website=La Voix du Nord}} Boli's brothers, Kévin and Yohan Boli, are also professional footballers, who have represented Ivory Coast internationally.{{Cite web |url=https://footdavant.fr/roger-boli-je-noublierai-jamais-les-supporters-de-lens/ |title=Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant |first=Clément |last=Lemaître}}
Boli was born in Dundee, while his father played for Dundee United.
Career statistics
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{{updated|10 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/charles-boli/480351/ |title=France - C. Boli - Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway}}{{failed verification|date=October 2024|reason=These stats don't seem to match what's published at soccerway}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Lens
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Paris FC (loan)
|Ligue 2 |11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Vicenza (loan)
|12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|Pau
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24
|26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 3 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 4 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|— | 61 | 4 | |||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!91 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 6 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|charles-boli/480351}}
- {{LFP Ligue 1|charles-boli}}
- {{LFP Ligue 2|charles-boli}}
- [https://www.ladepeche.fr/sports/resultats-sportifs/football/joueur/101939/charles-boli La Depeche Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boli, Charles}}
Category:Footballers from Pas-de-Calais
Category:French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus