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Raphaël Messi Bouli
Personal information
Full name Raphaël Éric Messi Bouli
Date of birth (1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 FAP Yaounde
2014–2015 Canon Yaoundé
2016–2018 APEJES
2018–2019 Yanbian Funde 14 (3)
2019 Foolad 12 (1)
2019– Kerala Blasters 17 (8)
International career‡
2013– Cameroon 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:35, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Raphaël Éric Messi Bouli (born 23 April 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters.[2]

Club career

Bouli started his career in Cameroon with FAP Yaoundé in 2013.[1][3] A year later, he signed for Canon Yaoundé where he remained for the 2014 and 2015 Elite One seasons.[1][3] 2016 saw Bouli join APEJES, with whom he won the 2016 Cameroonian Cup with.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2][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]

International career

Bouli made his international debut on 10 August 2013, playing in a 2014 African Nations Championship qualifier with Gabon.[1] Years later, he scored his first goal in 2018 African Nations Championship qualifying in a game with São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] In November 2017, Bouli was selected by the national team for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia.[2] However, he failed to feature after remaining on the bench for a 2–2 draw.[2] Months later, Bouli was called up to the squad for the 2018 African Nations Championship in Morocco.[2] He featured in matches against Congo, Angola and Burkina Faso as Cameroon were eliminated at the group stages.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 March 2020.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
APEJES 2017 Elite One 24 14 0 0 — 0 0 24 14
Yanbian Funde 2018 League One 14 3 0 0 — 0 0 14 3
Foolad 2018–19 Pro League 12 1 0 0 — 0 0 12 1
Kerala Blasters 2019–20 Super League 17 8 0 0 — 0 0 17 8
Career total 67 26 0 0 — 0 0 67 26

International

As of 6 February 2019.[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2013 1 0
2017 2 1
2018 3 0
Total 6 1

International goals

As of 14 July 2019. Cameroon score listed first.[1]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 August 2017 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon 1  São Tomé and Príncipe 2–0 2–0 2018 African Nations Championship qualification

Honours

APEJES[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Raphaël Messi Bouli - National Football Teams". National Football Teams. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cameroon - R. Messi Bouli". Soccerway. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Football : Raphaël Messi Bouli". Football Database. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "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.

External links

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