Messi Bouli
Personal information
Full name Raphaël Éric Messi Bouli[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-23) 23 April 1992
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Nanjing City
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 FAP Yaounde
2014–2015 Canon Yaoundé
2016–2018 APEJES 24 (14)
2018–2019 Yanbian Funde 14 (3)
2019 Foolad 12 (1)
2019–2020 Kerala Blasters 17 (8)
2020 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 9 (0)
2021 Liaoning Shenyang Urban 0 (0)
2021 → Nanjing City (loan) 32 (15)
2022– Nanjing City 59 (27)
International career‡
2013–2018 Cameroon 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2018

Raphaël Éric Messi Bouli (born 23 April 1992), or simply Messi Bouli or Messi B, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for China League One club Nanjing City. He made six appearances for the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Bouli started his career in Cameroon with FAP Yaoundé in 2013.[2][3] A year later, he signed for Canon Yaoundé where he remained for the 2014 and 2015 Elite One seasons.[2][3] 2016 saw Bouli join APEJES, with whom he won the 2016 Cameroonian Cup with.[2] In 2017, Bouli scored fourteen goals in twenty-four league fixtures.[4] On 1 March 2018, Bouli joined China League One side Yanbian Funde.[4][5][6] He made his debut against Nei Mongol Zhongyou on 1 April, prior to netting in back-to-back matches in May versus Qingdao Huanghai and Zhejiang Greentown respectively.[1] Bouli moved to Iran to play for Foolad of the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2019.[7]

Bouli departed Foolad in June 2019, after scoring one goal (against Esteghlal Khuzestan) in twelve games for the Iranian club.[1][8] In the months following his departure, Bouli threatened to complain to FIFA, along with then-manager Afshin Ghotbi and former teammate Takafumi Akahoshi, regarding unpaid wages.[9][10]

On 24 August, Bouli completed a move to India with Super League team Kerala Blasters.[11][12] He scored eight goals for them, which included a brace over Jamshedpur on 13 December.[13]

September 2020 saw Bouli return to Chinese football as he agreed terms with League One team Heilongjiang Lava Spring.[13][14]

In April 2021, Bouli joined Nanjing City. As of the 2023 season, he scored 42 goals and provided 4 assists in 93 appearances for the club.[15]

International career

Bouli made his international debut on 10 August 2013, playing in a 2014 African Nations Championship qualifier with Gabon.[2] Years later, he scored his first goal in 2018 African Nations Championship qualifying in a game with São Tomé and Príncipe.[2] In November 2017, Bouli was selected by the national team for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia.[13] However, he failed to feature after remaining on the bench for a 2–2 draw.[13] Months later, Bouli was called up to the squad for the 2018 African Nations Championship in Morocco.[13] He featured in matches against Congo, Angola and Burkina Faso as Cameroon were eliminated at the group stages.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 November 2022.[13]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
APEJES 2017 Elite One 241400——2414
Yanbian Funde 2018 China League One 14300——143
Foolad 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 12100——121
Kerala Blasters 2019–20 Indian Super League 17800——178
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2020 China League One 70——2[lower-alpha 1]090
Nanjing City (loan) 2021 321500——3215
Nanjing City 2022 311720——3317
2023 0000——00
Total 31172000003317
Career total 1375620002014156
  1. ↑ Appearances in China League One relegation play-offs

    International

    As of 7 October 2020.[13]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Cameroon 201310
    201721
    201830
    Total61

    International goals

    As of 14 July 2019. Cameroon score listed first.[2]
    International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
    No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
    1 19 August 2017Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon1 São Tomé and Príncipe2–02–02018 African Nations Championship qualification

    Honours

    APEJES[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 Messi Bouli at Soccerway
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Raphaël Messi Bouli - National Football Teams". National Football Teams. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    3. 1 2 "Football : Raphaël Messi Bouli". Football Database. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    4. 1 2 "博尔特之后梅西也踢中甲？延边官宣斯蒂夫替身". Sina. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    5. ↑ "Cameroon - R. Messi Bouli". Cameroun Sports. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    6. ↑ "Transfert: Messi Bouli en D2 chinoise". 45fois2. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    7. ↑ "مسی به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". Foolad. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
    8. ↑ "سیف اللهی شاگرد نکونام شد". Varzesh3. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
    9. ↑ "فرصت 48 ساعته قطبی، مسی و آکاهوشی به باشگاه فولاد برای جلوگیری از شکایت به فیفا". ION. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
    10. ↑ "قطبی تا شنبه منتظر اقدام باشگاه فولاد می‌ماند". Tasnim News Agency. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
    11. ↑ "Looks like there's a new Messi in town". Kerala Blasters. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
    12. ↑ "ഇത് കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സിന്റെ സ്വന്തം 'മെസി'". Indian Express Malayalam. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
    13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cameroon - R. Messi Bouli". Soccerway. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    14. ↑ "德转更新：前延边外援梅西-保利自由身加盟黑龙江". Dongqiudi. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
    15. ↑ Messi Bouli at BeSoccer


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