Charles Boli
Boli in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pau
Number 23
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) 11 (0)
2022– Pau 38 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024

Charles Boli (born 30 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Pau FC.

He is the son of footballer Roger Boli

Career

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Lens : Premier contrat pro pour Charles Boli". www.lfp.fr.
  2. ↑ "Troyes vs. Lens - 13 August 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Domenighetti, Joël (4 January 2021). "Transferts : Charles Boli prêté par Lens au Paris FC (L2)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ufficiale: dal RC Lens arriva in biancorosso Charles Boli!" (in Italian). Vicenza. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Football/Pau FC : Charles Boli, renfort d'attaque". La République des Pyrénées (in French). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lens - Charles Boli aimerait tant que son père Roger le voie jouer à Bollaert". La Voix du Nord. 8 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Lemaître, Clément. "Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant".
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