Basile Boli

Basile Boli
Boli in 2005
Personal information
Full name Basile Boli[1]
Date of birth (1967-01-02) 2 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 AJ Auxerre 254 (4)
1990–1994 Marseille 131 (20)
1994–1995 Rangers 28 (2)
1995–1996 Monaco 11 (0)
1996–1997 Urawa Reds 32 (2)
Total 456 (28)
International career
1986–1993 France 45 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Basile Boli (born 2 January 1967) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender, and a current television sports presenter. He spent the majority of his career with Auxerre and Marseille before ending his career with spells at Scottish club Rangers, at Monaco, and at Japanese side Urawa Reds. Born in Ivory Coast, he made 45 appearances and scored one goal representing the France national team.

Career

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Boli moved to France at an early age and began his career in local youth football in Paris before signing for AJ Auxerre in 1982. A powerful defender, Boli made his way into the Auxerre first team and soon made his debut for the France national team in 1986 for whom he went on to win 45 caps. His form meant that he soon became a transfer target for the leading clubs in France. Finally in 1990 Boli signed for Olympique de Marseille who, under Bernard Tapie, were fast becoming the leading club in France. Boli starred as the club won Ligue 1 in 1991 and 1992 and was also a regular in the club's 1992–93 UEFA Champions League campaign, topping the season off by scoring the only goal of the final against A.C. Milan that gave the cup to OM. Whilst at the club he even joined teammate Chris Waddle in recording a song entitled 'We've Got a Feeling'.[2] He is remembered by football fans in England for his appearance for France against the England team in Euro 92 where he headbutted Stuart Pearce.[3]

Despite his success at Marseille Boli was forced to leave in 1994 following revelations of a match fixing scandal and the relegation of the club. He signed for Rangers for £2 million in the summer of that year and went on to make 28 league appearances (two goals) during the 1994–95 season, securing a league winners' medal. Boli left Rangers at the end of that season and wound down his career with a season back in France with AS Monaco FC before ending his career in 1997 after a spell in Japan with Urawa Red Diamonds.[citation needed]

Danse avec les stars

This table shows the route of Basile Boli and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les Stars. Face to face aren't rated.

Week Dancing style Music Judge points Total Ranking Result
Patrick Dupond Shy'm Chris Marques Jean-Marc Généreux
1 Samba Sapés comme jamais - Maître Gims 7 6 4 4 21/40 9/11 No Elimination
2 (+ imposed figure) Jive (+5 points) Jump - Van Halen 7 6 6 6 30/45 6=/11 Safe
1+2 51/85 9/11
3 Foxtrot

Cha-Cha-Cha (face to face)

I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly

You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White

8 6 5 6 25/40 8/9 Bottom 2 (Safe with 76%)
4 Salsa Gangnam Style - Psy 7 7 5 6 25/40 7/7 Safe
5 Quickstep

Salsa marathon (+4 points)

Contemporary dance (face to face)

Bewitched Theme - Howard Greenfield

La Salsa du démon - Le Grand Orchestre du Splendid

Frozen - Madonna

7

N/A

8

N/A

5

N/A

6

N/A

30/54 6/7 Eliminated (24%)

Personal life

Basile is the uncle of current players Yannick Boli, Charles Boli, and Kévin Boli, and is the younger brother of former striker Roger Boli.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre 1982–83 Division 1 1 0 – – – 1 0
1983–84 35 0 1 0 – – 36 0
1984–85 36 1 1 0 – 2[c] 0 39 1
1985–86 36 2 6 0 – 2[c] 0 44 2
1986–87 38 0 4 0 – – 42 0
1987–88 35 0 5 0 – 2[c] 0 42 0
1988–89 37 1 8 1 – – 45 2
1989–90 36 0 2 0 – 10[c] 1 48 1
Total 252 4 27 1 – 16 1 295 6
Marseille 1990–91 Division 1 38 8 5 2 – 6[d] 2 49 12
1991–92 34 5 4 0 – 4[d] 0 42 5
1992–93 32 4 1 0 – 9[e] 2 42 6
1993–94 27 3 3 0 – – 27 3
Total 131 20 17 2 – 19 4 167 26
Rangers 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division 28 2 1 1 1 0 1[e] 0 31 3
Monaco 1995–96 Division 1 11 0 0 0 – 2[c] 0 13 0
Urawa Reds 1996 J1 League 22 2 0 0 10 3 – 32 5
1997 9 0 0 0 3 0 – 12 0
Total 31 2 0 0 13 3 – 44 5
Career total 455 28 45 4 14 3 38 5 552 39
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Scottish Cup, Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup, J.League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in European Cup
  5. ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1986 4 0
1987 5 0
1988 7 0
1989 1 0
1990 8 1
1991 6 0
1992 11 0
1993 3 0
Total 45 1


Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boli goal.
List of international goals scored by Basile Boli
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 1990 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Albania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

Honours

Auxerre

Marseille[7]

Rangers

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b "Décret du 30 janvier 2008 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 30 January 2008 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2008 (26): 1818. 31 January 2008. PREX0811182D. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Basile Boli et Chris Waddle". Bide-et-musique.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ^ "England's track record". BBC News. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ^ Lemaître, Clément. "Roger Boli : " Je n'oublierai jamais les supporters de Lens " | Foot d'avant".
  5. ^ a b "Player - Basile Boli". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Cup of the Alps 1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
    "Cup of the Alps 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Legends: Basile Boli". Ligue 1 Traveler. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ "1992/93, Final". UEFA. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b "France - Footballer of the Year". RSSSF.
  10. ^ "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Skoblar dernier joueur de la dream team des 110 ans". OM.net (Olympique de Marseille). 24 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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