Garry Bocaly
{{short description|French footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Garry Bocaly
| image = Gary BOCALY.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Bocaly with Montpellier in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Schœlcher, Martinique, France
| position = Right back
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1995–2003
| youthclubs1 = EV Les Trois Ilets
| youthyears2 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs2 = Marseille
| years1 = 2005–2010
| clubs1 = Marseille
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2007–2008
| clubs2 = → Libourne (loan)
| caps2 = 29
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2008–2009
| clubs3 = → Montpellier (loan)
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2010
| clubs4 = → Montpellier (loan)
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010–2014
| clubs5 = Montpellier
| caps5 = 73
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = Arles-Avignon
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018–
| clubs7 = L'Aiglon
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2010
| nationalteam1 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Garry René Bertrand Bocaly (born 19 April 1988) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right back.
Club career
=Olympique de Marseille=
Bocaly was born in Schœlcher, Martinique. He began his football career at Marseille, joining in 2004 as a 15-year-old. While progressing through the youth system, he played in central defence and defensive midfield before settling in the right-back position.{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/3109/interview-omplanete-de-garry-bocaly.html|title=Interview OMplanète de Garry Bocaly|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=1 May 2008|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101182437/http://www.footmarseille.com/3109/interview-omplanete-de-garry-bocaly.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
Bocaly made his debut on 5 March 2006 against rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the annual Classique under bizarre circumstances. In protest against security flaws at the Parc des Princes, Marseille president Pape Diouf decided to use players from the club's youth academy and CFA2 reserve team in the match.{{cite news|title=Marseille/Bocaly: "On veut prendre du plaisir"|url=https://www.football365.fr/marseille-bocaly-on-veut-prendre-du-plaisir-1516043.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-3718/garry-bocaly-sequence-souvenir.html|title= Garry Bocaly: séquence souvenir|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=31 January 2008|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101165041/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-3718/garry-bocaly-sequence-souvenir.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}} Despite media expectations of heavy defeat, the youngsters held PSG to a goalless draw. Bocaly played the whole match, and fansite OMplanète thought him the player most likely to make a breakthrough.{{cite news|title=PSG 0–0 OM: La tactique et les joueurs|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/2012/psg-0-0-om-la-tactique-et-les-joueurs.html|website=OMplanète|language=French|date=6 March 2006|accessdate=23 May 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112135852/http://www.omplanete.com/2012/psg-0-0-om-la-tactique-et-les-joueurs.html|archivedate=12 November 2007|url-status=live}} In April, he signed his first professional contract, of three years.{{cite news|title=Marseille: Deruda et Bocaly signent|url=https://www.football365.fr/marseille-deruda-et-bocaly-signent-1566133.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
In the 2006–07 season, Bocaly was promoted to the senior squad as third-choice right back, behind Habib Beye and Renato Civelli.{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1067/om-berne-la-defense-olympienne-decimee.html|title=OM–Berne: la défense olympienne décimée|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=23 August 2006|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093425/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1067/om-berne-la-defense-olympienne-decimee.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-977/l-om-reembauche-son-bresilien.html|title=L'OM réembauche son Brésilien?|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=4 August 2006|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093951/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-977/l-om-reembauche-son-bresilien.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/2246/la-semaine-phoceenne.html|title=La semaine phocéenne|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=28 August 2006|accessdate=1 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101152248/http://www.footmarseille.com/2246/la-semaine-phoceenne.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}} With Beye replacing the injured Civelli at centre back, Bocaly came into the starting eleven at right back for the visit to Nice in late October; he kept his place for three matches, all defeats, before dropping to the bench and then to the reserves.{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/2308/nice-2-1-om-la-tactique-et-les-joueurs.html|title=Nice 2–1 OM: la tactique et les joueurs|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=31 October 2006|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101152022/http://www.footmarseille.com/2308/nice-2-1-om-la-tactique-et-les-joueurs.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/bocaly-garry/temps#bloc_temps |title=Garry Bocaly: Temps de jeu |publisher=LFP |accessdate=17 January 2020}} Select season required via dropdown menu. Head coach Albert Emon complimented his maturity, describing him as "one for the future".{{cite web |url=http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101002/Infos/28737/Garry_Bocaly_Reprendre_confiance_en_nous |title=Garry Bocaly: "Reprendre confiance en nous" |language=French |publisher=Olympique de Marseille |date=8 November 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505002926/http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101002/Infos/28737/Garry_Bocaly_Reprendre_confiance_en_nous |archivedate=5 May 2007}}
==Loan spells==
With limited first-team opportunities at Marseille, Bocaly joined Libourne-Saint-Seurin of Ligue 2 on loan for the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|title=Bocaly à Libourne et chez les Bleus|url=http://www.lephoceen.fr/infos-om/actualite/bocaly-a-libourne-et-chez-les-bleus-9582|website=Le Phocéen|language=French|date=28 June 2007|accessdate=18 July 2013}} He had been linked with a similar move in the previous transfer window, but Emon would not allow it.{{cite news| url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/130129-20070103-football-tendances-mercato-olympien |title=Football: Les tendances du mercato olympien |first=Julien |last=Pourtal |newspaper=20 minutes |date=3 January 2007 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Bocaly started in the opening game of the season, a 3–1 defeat at home to Montpellier, and was sent off in stoppage time for a bad tackle.{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-2594/ca-commence-mal-pour-bocaly.html|title=Ca commence mal pour Bocaly|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=28 July 2007|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101155352/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-2594/ca-commence-mal-pour-bocaly.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}} On his return from suspension, he established himself as a regular starter, and scored his first senior goal on 24 September in a 3–2 loss against Nantes.{{cite news| url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/194582-20071115-etre-prete-jouer |title=Etre prêté n'est pas jouer |newspaper=20 minutes |date=15 November 2007 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} In January 2008, his contract with Olympique Marseille was extended by three years, to run until 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/01/25/01011-20080125FILSPO00449-bocaly-prolonge-avec-l-om.php |title=Bocaly prolonge avec l'OM |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=French |date=25 January 2008 |accessdate=13 January 2020}} He marked the event with a second dismissal of the season, after 20 minutes of the match against Châteauroux, in which Libourne still secured a 1–0 win to help their struggle to remain in Ligue 2.{{cite news |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/208989-20080128-libourne-relance |title=Libourne relancé |newspaper=20 minutes |date=28 January 2008 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Bocaly finished the season with 29 league appearances, but his team's relegation to the third-tier Championnat National was confirmed with two games still to play.{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/article/champion-le-havre.htm |title=Champion Le Havre! |publisher=Ligue de Football Professionnel |language=French |date=2 May 2008 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}
Together with Marseille teammates Thomas Deruda and Jean-Philippe Sabo, Bocaly joined Ligue 2 club Montpellier on loan for the 2008–09 season.{{cite news|title=L'OM fournit Montpellier|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/06/23/01011-20080623FILSPO00667-l-om-fournit-montpellier.php|work=Le Figaro|language=French|date=23 June 2008 |accessdate=13 January 2020}} Bocaly made his debut in a 1–0 loss to Strasbourg on 4 August in which he was voted Montpellier's man of the match.{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/bocaly-homme-du-match-face-strasbourg|title=Bocaly, Homme du match face à Strasbourg|publisher=Montpellier HSC|language=French|date=9 August 2008|accessdate=14 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102200901/https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/bocaly-homme-du-match-face-strasbourg|archivedate=2 January 2020|url-status=live}} He became a first-team regular, starting all but four of Montpellier's league matches, and scored four goals; his first for the club came on 22 August in a 4–0 win away to Reims, the fourth helped them beat Brest 3–2 in March to boost their promotion chances.{{cite news |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/clubs-football/stade-brestois/ligue-2-montpellier-brest-3-2-vraiment-rageant-21-03-2009-300957.php |title=Ligue 2. Montpellier–Brest: 3–2 Vraiment rageant! |newspaper=Le Télégramme |date=21 March 2009 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Interviewed before an eventful final day of the season, facing a Strasbourg side needing a draw to secure promotion, Bocaly summed up the task ahead: "we don't have to think, we have to win!"{{cite web |url=http://www.mhscfoot.com/liste-saisons/saison-2008-2009/articles/g-bocaly-nous-n2019avons-pas-a-reflechir-il-faut-gagner |title=G. Bocaly: "Nous n'avons pas à réfléchir, il faut gagner!" |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=29 May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601064910/http://www.mhscfoot.com/liste-saisons/saison-2008-2009/articles/g-bocaly-nous-n2019avons-pas-a-reflechir-il-faut-gagner |archivedate=1 June 2009}} They went 2–0 up after 20 minutes, then goalkeeper Johann Carrasso injured his knee saving a penalty and had to be replaced. Strasbourg scored just before half-time, and Montpellier held out through a tense second half and six minutes of stoppage time for a 2–1 win that confirmed a second-place finish, ahead of Boulogne on goal difference.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhscfoot.com/liste-saisons/saison-2008-2009/articles/montpellier-est-en-l1 |title=Montpellier est de retour en Ligue 1! |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=30 May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611052357/http://www.mhscfoot.com/liste-saisons/saison-2008-2009/articles/montpellier-est-en-l1 |archivedate=11 June 2009}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/article/le-rc-lens-champions-de-france-de-ligue-2-br-le-montpellier-hsc-et-l-us-boulogne-co-au-paradis.htm |title=Le RC Lens champions de France de Ligue 2, Le Montpellier HSC et l'US Boulogne CO au paradis! |publisher=Ligue de Football Professionnel |language=French |date=29 May 2009 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}
==Return to Marseille==
Bocaly returned to Marseille's first-team squad under new manager Didier Deschamps, but was injured in pre-season and warned that he would need to be patient, with Laurent Bonnart established as first choice at right back.{{cite news|title=Marseille/Bocaly: "je peux jouer"|url=https://www.football365.fr/marseille-bocaly-je-peux-jouer-1208173.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|accessdate=5 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lephoceen.fr/infos-om/interview/bocaly-joue-la-comme-maicon-apres-zurich-avant-lyon-2659|title=Bocaly: Joue-là comme Maicon!|website=Le Phocéen|language=French|date=6 November 2009|accessdate=14 January 2020}} It took until 31 October for him to play his first game of the season, starting at right back in a 1–1 draw with Toulouse. According to Foot 365{{'s}} report, he struggled defensively but was positive going forward, and was involved with Brandão's equalising goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.football365.fr/france/ligue-1/article_357890_l1-marseille-toulouse-1-1-L-OM-n-y-arrive-pas.shtml |language=French |title=L'OM n'y arrive pas |first=Olivier |last=de los Bueis |website=Foot 365 |date=31 October 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102053346/http://www.football365.fr/france/ligue-1/article_357890_l1-marseille-toulouse-1-1-L-OM-n-y-arrive-pas.shtml |archivedate=2 November 2009}} Deschamps introduced him into the team for Toulouse to get him used to the position because Bonnart was suspended for the Champions League group stage fixture three days later.{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.fr/football/ligue-1/2009-2010/pas-faire-mon-calimero_sto2109790/story.shtml |title="Pas faire mon Caliméro" |language=French |website=Eurosport |date=1 November 2009 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Bocaly duly made his Champions League debut in the 6–1 win against FC Zürich; he played the whole match, and produced what UEFA's match reporter called an "exquisite sliding tackle" with his goalkeeper beaten to deny the opponents a second goal.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01df-0e733a454de4-b0532e4d1644-1000--rampant-marseille-remain-in-touch/ |title=Rampant Marseille remain in touch |first=Chris |last=Burke |publisher=UEFA |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=14 January 2020}} Bonnart was preferred for the next league match, and Bocaly made just four Ligue 1 appearances before returning to Montpellier on loan in January 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-10475/bocaly-du-banc-a-la-tribune.html|title=Bocaly: du banc à la tribune|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=2 February 2010|accessdate=2 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101200924/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-10475/bocaly-du-banc-a-la-tribune.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
=Return to Montpellier=
On 28 January 2010, Bocaly returned to Montpellier on loan to the end of the season, with an option to purchase.{{cite news |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-01-28-4102789020_x.htm |title=Marseille loans Garry Bocaly to Montpellier |website=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=28 January 2010 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Illness delayed his second Montpellier debut until 13 February, when he started in a 1–0 win over Grenoble.{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/les-18-face-boulogne |title=Les 18 face à Boulogne |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=5 February 2010 |accessdate=14 January 2020}} Surgery on a broken hand kept him out until 7 March, when he returned to action as a late substitute against Bordeaux.{{cite news|title=Fracture pour Garry Bocaly|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2010/02/15/01011-20100215FILSPO00813-fracture-pour-bocaly.php|work=Le Figaro|language=French|date=15 February 2010|accessdate=18 July 2013}} He made twelve appearances by the end of the season, helping Montpellier finish fifth in the league and qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.{{cite web|title=Europa League for Montpellier|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/europa-league-for-montpellier.htm|publisher=LFP|date=16 May 2010|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
Montpeller took up their option to sign Bocaly on a permanent basis.{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2010-2011/info-club/retro-2010-partie-ii |title=Retro 2010: partie II |language=French |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=29 December 2010 |accessdate=15 January 2020}} His opening-day performance against Bordeaux, in which his headed goal, his first in Ligue 1, won the match, earned him a place in L'Équipe{{'s}} Team of the Week,{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2010-2011/equipe-pro/garry-bocaly-jouer-ce-match-fond |title=Garry Bocaly: "jouer ce match à fond" |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=24 May 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2020}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/estrada-et-bocaly-dans-lequipe-type-de-lequipe|title=Estrada et Bocaly dans l'équipe type de L'Équipe|publisher=Montpellier HSC|language=French|date=9 August 2010|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102194232/https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/estrada-et-bocaly-dans-lequipe-type-de-lequipe|archivedate=2 January 2020|url-status=live}} and he helped the team go through August without conceding a goal. He was yellow-carded on 28 August for an offence that was retrospectively ruled to have been serious foul play, and received a two-match ban plus a suspended one-match ban.{{cite web |url=http://www.ligue1.com/newsletter/2010_2011_D1_J05_en.pdf |title=Newsletter Week 5 |publisher=LFP |date=10 September 2010 |page=2 |accessdate=15 January 2020}} He returned to the starting lineup in a 2–0 win over Sochaux on 16 October.{{cite news|title=Montpellier add to Sochaux's away-day blues|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/montpellier-add-to-sochaux-s-away-day-blues.htm|publisher=LFP|date=16 October 2010|accessdate=5 January 2020}} After missing a month with a thigh problem, he returned as a late substitute on 4 January and fit to start against hot favourites Paris St Germain (PSG) in the semi-final of the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition in which Montpellier had never reached the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2010-2011/equipe-pro/garry-bocaly-un-moment-magnifique |title=Garry Bocaly: "Un moment magnifique" |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=21 January 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2020}} The match was goalless when PSG's Clément Chantôme was sent off for a heavy tackle on Bocaly after 88 minutes; in the last minutes of extra time, Olivier Giroud headed home to take Montpellier through to face Olympique Marseille at the Stade de France.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/article/late-late-goal-takes-montpellier-through.htm |title=Late, late goal takes Montpellier through |publisher=LFP |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2020}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/655056-20110118-sports-coupe-ligue-montpellier-arrache-devant-paris-demi-finale |title=Coupe de la Ligue: Montpellier s'arrache devant Paris en demi-finale |newspaper=20 minutes |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2020}} The Final was disappointing for club and player: the only goal came after Bocaly fouled Mathieu Valbuena, the resulting free kick was partly cleared, and Taye Taiwo shot home.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/article/taiwo-tips-final-marseille-s-way.htm |title=Taiwo tips final Marseille's way |first=I. |last=Holyman |publisher=LFP |date=23 April 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2020}}
{{cite news |title=Montpellier/Bocaly: "De la déception"|url=https://www.football365.fr/montpellierbocaly-de-la-deception-1359297.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=24 April 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
File:Gary Bocaly.JPG in 2012]]
When available{{snd}}as well as his mid-season injury, a lack of discipline brought a series of suspensions{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/commission-de-discipline-1-match-pour-bocaly-et-spahic |title=Commission de discipline: 1 match pour Bocaly et Spahic |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=28 October 2010 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/corporate/article/les-decisions-du-4-novembre-2010.htm |title=Les décisions du 4 novembre 2010 |publisher=LFP |date=4 November 2010 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/corporate/article/les-decisions-du-10-fevrier-2011.htm |title=Les décisions du 10 février 2011 |publisher=LFP |date=10 February 2011 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/corporate/article/les-decisions-du-28-avril-2011.htm |title=Les décisions du 28 avril 2011 |publisher=LFP |date=28 April 2011 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}{{snd}}Bocaly was a regular in the starting eleven; he finished with 31 appearances in all competitions. He scored twice more: he "found the bottom corner from the edge of the area and could not have caught it any better, with the ball fizzing, staying at a constant height above the ground" to complete a 2–1 win at Nancy at the end of January and produced a "spectacular long-range strike" in Montpellier's heaviest home defeat of the season, against Lens in March.{{cite web|title=Montpellier close on leading pack|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/montpellier-close-on-leading-pack.htm|publisher=LFP|date=30 January 2011|accessdate=15 January 2020}}
{{cite news|title=Lens run amok at the Mosson|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/lens-run-amok-at-the-mosson.htm|publisher=LFP|date=19 March 2011|accessdate=15 January 2020}} The league season ended badly for Montpellier: one win in the last nine matches left them 14th, just three points clear of relegation.{{cite news|title=Difficult season ends on high note for Bordeaux|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/difficult-season-ends-on-high-note-for-bordeaux.htm|publisher=LFP|date=29 May 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
Head coach René Girard saw Bocaly as a right-sided defender who liked to go forward;{{cite news|title=MHSC/Girard: "Bédimo, un plus"|url=https://www.football365.fr/mhscgirard-bedimo-un-plus-1804103.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=3 August 2011|accessdate=16 January 2020}} he was certainly productive at both ends of the pitch in the early part of the 2011–12 season. While helping the defence keep three clean sheets in the first five matches, he set up Montpellier's second goal of a 3–1 win over Auxerre in the opening game, was fouled for a penalty to open the scoring in a 4–0 defeat of Rennes on matchday three, and crossed for Souleymane Camara to score the only goal against Nice on matchday five.{{cite web|title=Montpellier outgun Auxerre|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/montpellier-outgun-auxerre.htm|publisher=LFP|date=6 August 2011|accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite web|title=Montpellier maintain perfect start|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/montpellier-maintain-perfect-start.htm|publisher=LFP|date=21 August 2011|accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite web|title=Camara flash shoots Montpellier back top|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/camara-flash-shoots-montpellier-back-top.htm|publisher=LFP|date=10 September 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}} In the first half of the season, after which they lay second in the table, three points behind big-spending Paris Saint-Germain, who reportedly paid €6 million more for one player than Montpellier's entire €36m budget.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/classement |title=League table |publisher=LFP |accessdate=16 January 2020}} Select content required via dropdown menus.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/historic-title-beckons-for-montpellier.htm |title=Historic title beckons for Montpellier |first=David |last=Crossan |publisher=LFP |date=20 May 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}} Bocaly started 13 of the 19 matches; in the second half, all but one. A run of four wins in January and February without conceding a goal{{snd}}in the second of which, against Nice, Bocaly assisted Giroud's last-minute winner{{snd}}took them top, at least until PSG played their game in hand.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/giroud-nets-late-montpellier-winner.htm |title=Giroud nets late Montpellier winner |publisher=LFP |date=28 January 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite news|title=Giroud strikes again as Montpellier hit top spot|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/giroud-strikes-again-as-montpellier-hit-top-spot.htm|publisher=LFP|date=11 February 2012|accessdate=16 January 2020}} They remained contenders. At the beginning of April, Bocaly told the press he thought the title race was between Montpellier, PSG and Lille, the reigning champions;{{cite news|title=Montpellier: Bocaly se méfie de Lille|url=https://www.football365.fr/montpellier-bocaly-se-mefie-de-lille-1855793.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=2 April 2012|accessdate=16 January 2020}} with two matches left, this was still the case,{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/maximum-tension-in-store-in-montpellier.htm |title=Maximum tension in store in Montpellier |publisher=LFP |date=12 May 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}} but a stoppage-time winner against Lille left Montpellier needing only to draw at Auxerre, whose relegation was already confirmed. Bocaly said it would be difficult, but he had "every faith in the spirit of this team to be champions".{{cite news |url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/montpellier-have-climbed-their-way-to-the-top-of-ligue-1-the-hard-way-1.370296 |title=Montpellier have climbed their way to the top of Ligue 1 the hard way |first=Andy |last=Mitten |newspaper=The National |date=15 May 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}} His faith was justified: against a background of home supporters protesting by throwing tennis balls, toilet rolls and firecrackers onto the pitch, causing twenty minutes' worth of delays, a 2–1 win confirmed Montpellier's first ever league title.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/utaka-double-gives-montpellier-title.htm |title=Utaka double gives Montpellier title |publisher=LFP |date=20 May 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
{{cite news |url=http://archive.francesoir.fr/sport/football/montpellier-les-supporters-d-auxerre-ont-gache-la-fete-228143.html |title=Montpellier: Les supporteurs d'Auxerre ont gâché la fête |first=Jonathan |last=Murciano |newspaper=France-Soir |date=21 May 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}}
File:Garry Bocaly en Ligue des champions.JPG in September 2012]]
A thigh injury in pre-season training meant Bocaly did not return to action until 1 September 2012 against Sochaux.{{cite web |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2012-2013/equipe-pro/fc-lorient-mhsc-les-echos-davant-match |title=FC Lorient–MHSC: les échos d'avant-match |publisher=Montpellier HSC |date=17 August 2012 |accessdate=16 January 2020}} He was in the starting eleven for Montpellier's debut in Champions League football, a 2–1 loss at home to Arsenal in the group stage,{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9550703/Montpellier-1-Arsenal-2-match-report.html |title=Montpellier 1 Arsenal 2: match report |first=Jason |last=Burt |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 September 2012 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} and was voted man of the match on his next league appearance, a 2–0 win away to Nancy in which the defence were returning to last season's form.{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/garry-bocaly-elu-homme-du-match-nancy|title=Garry Bocaly élu Homme du match Nancy|publisher=Montpellier HSC|language=French|date=1 October 2012|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102193841/https://www.mhscfoot.com/depeches/garry-bocaly-elu-homme-du-match-nancy|archivedate=2 January 2020|url-status=live}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.football365.fr/enfin-la-parole-a-la-defense-1286335.html |title=Enfin la parole à la défense |language=French |first=Fred |last=Moreno |website=Foot 365 |date=30 September 2012 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} Four days later, Bocaly was sent off for a foul that gave away a penalty and left Schalke's Julian Draxler with a broken arm; his team drew the game to earn their first Champions League point.{{cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-champions-schalke/depleted-montpellier-snatch-late-draw-at-schalke-idUKBRE8921EE20121003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701074711/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-champions-schalke/depleted-montpellier-snatch-late-draw-at-schalke-idUKBRE8921EE20121003 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2018 |title=Depleted Montpellier snatch late draw at Schalke |first=Karolos |last=Grohmann |work=Reuters |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} He was again sent off at the end of October for a professional foul on Nice's Neal Maupay in what was Montpellier's first home win of the season.{{cite news|title=Champions win at home at last|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/champions-win-at-home-at-last.htm|publisher=Ligue 1|date=27 October 2012|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
In mid-November, Bocaly injured a hip; he underwent surgery in March 2013 which put an end to his season.{{cite news |title=Fin de saison pour Saihi et Bocaly|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Fin-de-saison-pour-saihi-et-bocaly/354708|work=L'Équipe |language=French|date=5 March 2012|accessdate=18 July 2013}} A thigh injury in September delayed his recuperation, and more damage to the thigh put paid to a proposed return to the reserves in November.{{cite web |url=https://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/regions/departement/garry-bocaly-je-reviendrai-encore-plus-fort-229753.php |title=Garry Bocaly: "Je reviendrai encore plus fort" |newspaper=France-Antilles |location=Martinique |language=French |date=9 November 2013 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} He finally returned to the first team on 11 April 2014, when he started and completed a 3–2 loss at home to his former club, Olympique Marseille. He played the first half in central defence before switching to right back after the break, and said that despite the disappointing result, it was a great delight to be back after 516 days out.{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2013-2014/equipe-pro/garry-bocaly-un-grand-bonheur|title=Garry Bocaly: "un grand bonheur"|publisher=Montpellier HSC|language=French|date=14 April 2014|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102185954/https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2013-2014/equipe-pro/garry-bocaly-un-grand-bonheur|archivedate=2 January 2020|url-status=live}} He played twice more, and was released at the end of the season.{{cite news|title=L'équipe type des joueurs de L1 sans contrat!|url=http://www.footmercato.net/ligue-1/transferts/l-equipe-type-des-joueurs-de-l1-sans-contrat_133730|website=Foot Mercato|language=French|date=7 July 2014|accessdate=17 January 2020}}
In a bitter interview with L'Équipe soon afterwards, Bocaly criticised the Montpellier club. He claimed that after its medical staff were unable to treat his hip problem, he had to source his own treatment at his own expense; that he was prepared to accept a contract extension on reduced terms, but then read in the press that he was being released; and that interest from other clubs was discouraged by rumours that he was no longer able to perform at a high level.{{cite news|title=MHSC – Gary Bocaly balance sur le MHSC!|url=http://www.madeinpaillade.com/infos/article-mhsc-gary-bocaly-balance-sur-le-mhsc---90182.html|website=Made in Paillade|language=French|date=25 July 2014|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.football365.fr/bocaly-regle-ses-comptes-avec-montpellier-1483069.html |title=Bocaly règle ses comptes avec Montpellier |language=French |website=Foot 365 |date=25 July 2014 |accessdate=17 January 2020}}
=Arles-Avignon=
In July 2014, Bocaly signed for Ligue 2 club Arles-Avignon.{{cite news |url=https://www.laprovence.com/actu/sports-en-direct/2967210/football-gary-bocaly-a-arles-avignon.html |title=Football: Garry Bocaly à Arles-Avignon |newspaper=La Provence |date=18 July 2014 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} He quickly established himself in the starting eleven before his role in a post-match fracas against Nîmes earned him a three-match ban.{{cite news |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2014/09/15/l-heure-des-sanctions,1051330.php |title=Football / Incidents Nîmes–Arles-Avignon: l'heure des sanctions |first=Thierry |last=Albenque |newspaper=Le Midi Libre |date=15 September 2014 |accessdate=21 January 2020}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/corporate/article/les-decisions-du-18-septembre-2014.htm |title=Les décisions du 18 septembre 2014 |publisher=LFP |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=21 January 2020}} He played just once more before an attack of appendicitis developed into peritonitis that cost him ten days in hospital, {{convert|10|kg|abbr=on}} of bodyweight, and came close to costing him his life.{{cite news |url=http://dl5.booklan.ir/Newspapers/French/088-13-51-59/Ebook.pdf |title=Garry Bocaly: "J'ai failli y passer" |language=French |first1=Baptiste |last1=Chaumier |first2=Hervé |last2=Penot |newspaper=L'Équipe |date=28 March 2016 |page=8 |accessdate=17 January 2020}} He returned to action in December, playing in eight more matches, but he had returned too soon, before his muscles had fully recovered from the operation, and the inflammation in his hip became intolerable. He underwent successful hip surgery in May 2015, but two weeks needed a second appendectomy on tissue not removed in the original operation. Bocaly regained fitness and resumed training with Championnat National (third-tier) club AS Béziers. Interviewed in March 2016, he was keen to get back into professional football, and believed it would be possible. By December, he had accepted that his health issues had done too much damage, and announced his retirement from football, without regrets.{{cite news|title=Garry Bocaly: "J'arrête sans regret"|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Garry-bocaly-j-arrete-sans-regret/755949|website=L'Équipe|language=French|date=3 December 2016|accessdate=21 January 2020}}
=Return to Martinique=
He remained in football as an organiser of training camps for professional clubs, and became involved in a business marketing sparkling rum.{{cite news|title=Garry Bocaly: "Aux Antilles, on a la chance de pouvoir compter les uns sur les autres"|url=https://www.sofoot.com/garry-bocaly-aux-antilles-on-a-la-chance-de-pouvoir-compter-les-uns-sur-les-autres-447923.html|website=So Foot|language=French|date=19 September 2017|accessdate=21 January 2020}} In 2018, he resumed playing football as an amateur with Martinique Championnat National club Aiglon du Lamentin,{{cite web |url=https://www.antilles-sport.com/football/mutations-2018_27789/ |title=Mutations 2018 |website=Antilles-Sport |language=French |date=21 August 2018 |accessdate=21 January 2020}} and helped them to become the only overseas team reach the last 64 of the 2018–19 Coupe de France, in which they took Ligue 2 opponents Orléans to extra time before losing 3–2.{{cite web |url=https://www.football365.fr/coupe-de-france-orleans-brise-reve-de-laiglon-lamentin-8818297.html |title=Coupe de France: Orléans brise le rêve de l'Aiglon du Lamentin |first=Rémi |last=Farge |website=Foot 365 |language=French |date=6 January 2019 |accessdate=21 January 2020}} He held ambitions of opening a soccer school to give youngsters in his native Martinique the opportunities that he had to find in mainland France, and in August 2019, he was appointed director of Paris Saint-Germain's youth academy in the country.{{cite news |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/garry-bocaly-le-minot-de-l-om-qui-dirige-la-psg-academy-en-martinique-06-12-2019-8211594.php |title=Garry Bocaly, le minot de l'OM qui dirige la PSG Academy en Martinique |first=Yoann |last=Palej |newspaper=Le Parisien |language=French |date=6 December 2019 |accessdate=21 January 2020}}
International career
Bocaly has appeared with all of France's youth teams beginning with the under-16s all the way to the under-21s.{{cite news|title=Garry Bocaly au Japon?|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1066/garry-bocaly-au-japon.html|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=23 August 2006|accessdate=5 January 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093421/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1066/garry-bocaly-au-japon.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|title=Bleus -19 ans: sélection face au Congo|url=https://www.football365.fr/bleus-19-ans-selection-face-au-congo-1346555.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1115/garry-bocaly-emmagasine-de-l-experience.html|title=Garry Bocaly emmagasine de l'expérience|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=4 September 2016|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101101523/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-1115/garry-bocaly-emmagasine-de-l-experience.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}
He was a member of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-finals at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.{{cite news|title=France (-19 ans): la sélection|url=https://www.football365.fr/france-19-ans-la-selection-1376315.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite news|title=Espoirs: la liste pour les matchs amicaux|url=https://www.football365.fr/espoirs-la-liste-pour-les-matchs-amicaux-1406079.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite news|title=Moins de 19 ans: la sélection|url=https://www.football365.fr/moins-de-19-ans-la-selection-1492771.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
Bocaly earned his first cap with the under-21 squad on 26 March 2008, in a match against the Czech Republic.{{cite news|title=Espoirs: la liste poue la Rép.Tchèque|url=https://www.football365.fr/espoirs-la-liste-pour-la-rep-tcheque-1454689.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=5 January 2020}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-4010/bocaly-chez-les-espoirs.html|title=Bocaly chez les Espoirs|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=20 March 2008|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101182732/http://www.footmarseille.com/news-4010/bocaly-chez-les-espoirs.html|archivedate=1 January 2020|url-status=live}} The following year, he was called up by the under-21 squad for the Toulon Tournament in France.{{cite news|title=Un Olympien à Toulon|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-7614/un-olympien-a-toulon.html|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=25 May 2009|accessdate=5 January 2020}} Bocaly helped the side reach the final, which they lost 1–0 against Chile.{{cite news|title=Tournoi de Toulon: Bocaly en finale !|url=http://www.footmarseille.com/news-7767/tournoi-de-toulon-bocaly-en-finale.html|website=Foot Marseille|language=French|date=10 June 2009|accessdate=5 January 2020}} Bocaly made fourteen appearances for the under-21 side.
Bocaly spoke out about his possible call up from the national team for the UEFA Euro 2012 and later said in another interview that he was eligible to play for Martinique, where his family were from.{{cite news|title=Bleus: Yanga Mbiwa et Bocaly n'y croient pas|url=https://www.football365.fr/bleus-yanga-mbiwa-et-bocaly-ny-croient-pas-1859591.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=19 April 2012|accessdate=5 January 2020}}{{cite news|title=Bocaly veut continuer son petit rêve éveillé à Montpellier|url=https://www.football365.fr/bocaly-veut-continuer-son-petit-reve-eveille-a-montpellier-1268153.html|website=Foot 365|language=French|date=19 April 2012|accessdate=5 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2010-2011/info-club/le-mhsc-sur-les-bancs-de-lecole|title=Le MHSC sur les bancs de l'école|publisher=Montpellier HSC|language=French|date=17 November 2010|accessdate=5 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102200456/https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2010-2011/info-club/le-mhsc-sur-les-bancs-de-lecole|archivedate=2 January 2020|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Career statistics
: All statistics are sourced to Soccerway{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/garry-bocaly/1531/ |title=G. Bocaly |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=21 January 2020}} except where individually noted.
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