Roger Boli

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Roger Boli
Personal information
Full name Roger Zokou Boli[1]
Date of birth (1965-09-26) 26 September 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth Adjamé, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Auxerre 55 (5)
1988–1989 Lille 25 (5)
1989–1996 Lens 229 (67)
1996–1997 Le Havre 26 (4)
1997–1998 Walsall 41 (12)
1998 Dundee United 3 (0)
1998–1999 AFC Bournemouth 6 (0)
International career
France U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Zokou Boli (born 26 September 1965) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in the French and British leagues. Born in Ivory Coast, he represented France at youth level. He is currently a sports agent.

Career

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Roger Boli started his career with Auxerre, where he spent four seasons. A season at Lille followed, before a long spell with Lens. During his seven seasons with the club, Boli won promotion to Ligue 1, and finished joint-top scorer in the 1993–94 season. A season was spent with Le Havre, before moving to England with Walsall in 1997. Boli's twelve league goals with the Saddlers drew attention from Scottish side Dundee United and Boli moved north in a £150,000 deal in 1998. Injuries restricted him to just three league appearances, although he did score once in the Scottish League Cup against Stirling Albion,[2] and within three months a £100,000 move saw him head to AFC Bournemouth. Boli's seven appearances would be his last before retiring in the summer of 1999.

In May 2001, Boli arranged a benefit match – Le Jubilé de Roger Boli – which saw past and present Lens players play against a team of French superstars (Zinedine Zidane, Marcel Desailly, Patrick Vieira, Eric Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, etc.). Lens won 7–2, with the match proceeds going to the Raoul-Follereau association.

Personal life

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Boli holds Ivorian and French nationalities.[3]

He is the brother of the French former footballer Basile Boli, and uncle of the Ivorian footballer Yannick Boli. His sons, Charles, Yohan, and Kevin are also professional footballers.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[citation needed]
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre 1984–85 Division 1 10 1 0 0 — — 10 1
1985–86 Division 1 17 3 1 0 — 2[a] 0 20 3
1986–87 Division 1 12 1 3 3 — — 15 4
1987–88 Division 1 16 0 2 0 — 1[a] 0 19 0
Total 55 4 6 3 — 3 0 64 7
Lille 1988–89 Division 1 25 5 3 1 — — 28 6
Lens 1989–90 Division 2B 33 16 1 0 — — 34 16
1990–91 Division 2B 31 11 1 0 — 5[b] 4 37 15
1991–92 Division 1 33 4 2 0 — — 35 4
1992–93 Division 1 31 3 2 0 — — 33 3
1993–94 Division 1 35 20 4 2 — — 39 22
1994–95 Division 1 38 9 2 0 2 0 — 42 9
1995–96 Division 1 28 4 1 0 1 0 4[a] 2 34 6
Total 229 67 13 2 3 0 9 6 254 75
Le Havre 1996–97 Division 1 26 4 1 0 1 0 — 28 4
Walsall 1997–98[5] Division Two 41 12 4 4 6 2 6[c] 6 57 24
Dundee United 1998–99[6] Premier League 3 0 — 2 1 — 5 1
AFC Bournemouth 1998–99[6] Division Two 6 0 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 10 0
Career total 385 92 26 10 13 3 19 12 443 117
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Division 2 promotion play-offs
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

Honours

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Individual

See also

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References

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