Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo

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Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo
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Bolingoli in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder, Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Ufa
Number 12
Youth career
2010–2013 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Club Brugge 40 (1)
2017 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2019 Rapid Wien 56 (3)
2019– Celtic 17 (0)
2020–2021 → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) 12 (0)
2022– → Ufa (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:46, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2013

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (born 1 July 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or defender for Russian Premier League club Ufa on loan from Scottish club Celtic.

Career[]

Club Brugge[]

Bolingoli made his debut with Club Brugge on 26 July 2013 in the first game of the 2013–14 season against Sporting Charleroi replacing Maxime Lestienne in the 88th minute. Club Brugge won the game 2–0.[2]

On 19 March 2015, he scored a brace against Beşiktaş in the UEFA Europa League round of 16, leading his team to qualify for the quarter-finals.[3][4]

Celtic[]

On 3 July 2019, Bolingoli signed a four-year deal with Celtic.[5]

On 19 September 2021, Bolingoli made his first competitive Celtic appearance back at the club following his loan spell at İstanbul Başakşehir, playing the full game against Livingston in a 1–0 defeat.[6]

On 22 February 2022, Bolingoli was loaned to Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[7]

Personal life[]

His younger brother, Emeraude and his two cousins, Romelu and Jordan Lukaku are also footballers.[8]

In August 2020, Bolingoli broke COVID-19 quarantine rules by making a trip to Spain, without notifying his club, before returning and playing against Kilmarnock on 9 August 2020. His actions caused First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon to call for the postponement of Celtic’s next two games.[9] He received a three-match ban from the Scottish FA for his actions.[10]

Bolingoli is eligible to play for DR Congo through his parents.[11]

Career statistics[]

As of match played as of 19 September 2021[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Brugge 2013–14 Belgian Pro League 7 1 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 9 1
2014–15 Belgian Pro League 11 0 3 2 0 0 6[a] 3 20 5
2015–16 Belgian Pro League 14 0 1 0 1 0 7[b] 1 23 1
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 8 0 1 0 0 0 3[c] 0 12 0
Total 40 1 6 2 1 0 17 4 64 7
Sint-Truiden (loan) 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 8 0 0 0 0 0 10[d] 0 18 0
Rapid Wien 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga 28 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 34 1
2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga 28 2 4 0 3 1 10[e] 0 45 3
Total 56 3 7 0 6 1 10 0 79 4
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 14 0 1 0 2 0 11[f] 0 28 0
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 16 0 1 0 2 0 11 0 30 0
İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 12 0 0 0 — 6[g] 0 18 0
Career total 132 4 14 2 9 1 54 4 209 11
  1. ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, Three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Europa League play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours[]

Club[]

Club Brugge

Celtic

References[]

  1. ^ "Futbolcu Bilgileri TFF".
  2. ^ "B. Bolingoli". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ Boli Bolingoli Mbombo helps Club Brugge rally past Besiktas, 19 March 2015, Espnfc
  4. ^ Broers Lukaku feliciteren neefje Boli, 6 August 2013, hln.be
  5. ^ "Celtic delighted to sign Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo on four-year deal". Celtic F.C. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. ^ Southwick, Andrew (19 September 2021). "Livingston 1–0 Celtic". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  7. ^ ""Уфа" арендовала бельгийского защитника Боли Болинголи" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Ufa. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo: You can't say no to a club like Celtic". Celtic F.C. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Celtic & Aberdeen's Scottish Premiership games off after Covid breach". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Celtic's Boli Bolingoli gets three-game ban; 'Aberdeen eight' receive three-match suspended ban". BBC Sport. 28 August 2020.
  11. ^ Thiam, Amadou (23 May 2020). "DR Congo: Boli Bolingoli: Champion of Scotland, the Belgian-Congolese ready to defend the colors of the DRC". ze-africanews.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  12. ^ Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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