Garry Bocaly

Garry Bocaly

Personal information
Full name	Garry Bocaly
Date of birth	19 April 1988 (1988-04-19)
Place of birth	Schœlcher, Martinique, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Montpellier
Number	2
Youth career
2004–2005	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2010	Marseille	8	(0)
2007–2008	→ Libourne (loan)	29	(1)
2008–2009	→ Montpellier (loan)	35	(4)
2010	→ Montpellier (loan)	12	(0)
2010–	Montpellier	29	(3)
National team
2008–2010	France U21	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Garry Bocaly (born 19 April 1988 in Schœlcher, Martinique) is a French footballer who plays for Montpellier, as a right back.

Career

A native of Martinique, Bocaly arrived at Marseille in 2004. He made his debut on 5 March 2006 against rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the annual Le Classique under bizarre circumstances. In order to protest against security flaws at the Parc des Princes, Marseille president, Pape Diouf, decided to send a team made of players from the club's youth academy and their CFA2 reserve team. Bocaly started the match and played well, despite going against the likes of Pauleta, Jérôme Rothen, and Bonaventure Kalou. The match ended in a 0–0 draw with Garry playing the full 90 minutes. A month later, on 14 April 2006, he agreed to his first professional contract, signing for three years.

The next season, he was promoted to the senior squad and given the number 6 shirt. Despite the promotion, he was listed as the third-choice right back behind Habib Beye and the Argentine Renato Civelli. Garry was finally given a chance to make an impression when Beye was forced to move to the centre back position due to injuries and Civelli went down due to injury. He appeared in three straight matches starting them all, however, Marseille lost all three and Bocaly was relegated back to the bench.

Loan moves

Due to a surplus of more experienced full backs, including new signing Laurent Bonnart, Marseille loaned Garry out for the 2007–08 season to Ligue 2 side Libourne-Saint-Seurin. Bocaly appeared in 29 matches with the club and scored his first ever goal on 24 September 2007 against Nantes. Despite his improved performances, which led to Marseille extending his contract until 2012, Libourne finished 19th and, thus, were relegated to the third-tier Championnat National. Following this, Bocaly returned to Marseille.

Bocaly's return to Marseille would be short, as he would again be sent on loan, this time to Montpellier HSC. Instead of going on loan by himself like previously, Marseille teammates Thomas Deruda and Jean-Philippe Sabo joined him. Bocaly made his debut for Montpellier in a 1-0 loss against Strasbourg on 4 August 2008. Bocaly helped the club achieved promotion to Ligue 2 as the club was second place behind RC Lens just by goal differences. For his first spell for the Montpellier, Bocaly made 35 appearance and scoring 4 against Stade de Reims, Sedan, Dijon and Stade Brestois. Also, Bocaly assist 4.

On 28 January 2010 Olympique Marseille sent the defender back on loan to Montpellier. His second loan spell with Montpellier was short lived by making 12 appearance when Bocaly suffered a broken hand and eventually finish his loan to Montpellier due to injury.

Permanant move to Montpellier

After two spell on loan to Montpellier, Bocaly signed for the club on a permanent basis. Since joining the club, Bocaly established in the starting eleven for the club.

International career

Garry has appeared with all of France's youth teams beginning with the under-16s all the way to the under-21s. He was a member of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-finals at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He earned his first cap with the under-21 squad on 26 March 2008, in a match against the Czech Republic.

External links

• Garry Bocaly French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• lequipe.fr players stats
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