Basile Boli

Biography

Beginning of career

Born in Ivory Coast, Basile Boli arrives very young person to France. Endowed for the sport, it begins in the football club from Romainville in Parisian suburbs. He then attends the spans of the Park of the Princes like supporting PSG. Not solicited by the PSG, it integrates the training center of AJ Auxerre with his brother Roger. During its formation with Auxerre, it takes part in the victories in championship of France juniors in 1983 and Coupe Gambardella in 1986, evidence of its qualities of intractable defender.

Equipped with an impressive physique, Basile shines quickly and eclipses even his brother, with whom one however promised the most promising future. Guy Roux calls Basile equips first with it with Auxerre for the first time at the time of the season 1982/1983. As of the following year, it becomes a key component of Auxerre-native defense and progresses then at each season. He becomes the pet of the public and the coach. He will take part in Large the Jubilee in Africa of Jubilé Roger Milla, Saar Boubacar and Ibrahima Ba Eusebio.

Marseilles years

The eight seasons spent under the Auxerre-native colors showed qualities of leaf and physical power of Basile Boli. Object of many covetousnesses, it is finally OM of Bernard Tapie which succeeds in making him leave its formative club. It is thus in 1990 that the player unloads with Marseilles with the ambition acknowledged to gain titles in an ambitious club.

The OM of the years 1990 dominates French football then. At the sides of Jean-Pierre Papin, Didier Deschamps, English Chris Waddle or Brazilian the Carlos Mozer, Basile Boli acquires the experiment of the high level matches, gains in maturity and expresses all his aggressiveness and his desire for gaining.

1991 is one year ostentation since the club is champion of France of Division 1 and finalist of the Coupe de France. But the point of organ of the season is the final of the Cut of Europe of the Clubs Champions against the Red Star of Belgrade. Disputed with Bari, in Italy, the meeting shows a tie 0-0 and the cruel meeting of the shootings to the goal. The Marseillais incline themselves and see to fly away their dream to gain the trophy to bring back it for the first time in the Hexagon.

The television cameras and the photographers are delayed then on the sadness of Basile Boli. The player applauds the Marseilles supporters for their encouragements while pouring tears of disappointment. This image will haunt it and give him even more will to take its revenge and to gain this cut which has escaped him!

Two years later, Marseilles again finds finally Cut of Europe of the Clubs Champions against Milan AC. It is Basile Boli, who of a blow of head ragor dispatches the balloon at the bottom of the Milanese nets and marks the only goal of the match. Echoing the tears of Bari, the joy of the player is immense when it holds up the cut and presents it to the supporters phocéens. It enters this day the history of French football.

The team of France

As of 1986, Basile Boli chooses to represent the France in national team. It will belong to tricolor defense until in 1993. Its career under the blue shirt is not with the height of that which it has in club. Although it evolves/moves in company of players endowed like Jean-Pierre Papin or Eric Cantona, it does not gain any title.

The Blue ones do not manage to be qualified for the World cup 1990 and carry out a Euro 1992 disappointing in Sweden in spite of impressive qualificative phases. Then the eliminating heats for the World cup 1994 follow. Wounded with the knee, Basile is absent from French selection at the time of the calamitous matches of autumn 1993 which show the not-qualification of France. Basile Boli will not rejouera any more with the Blue ones.

End of a career

The end of a career of Basile Boli does not proceed in Marseilles. Indeed, the player carries out a passage in Scotland, in the club of the Rangers F.C. Besides he gains there his last title of champion of Scotland in 1995.

Then, after a turning by the ACE Monaco, it is with the Japan that it finishes its career. The club of Urawa Red Diamonds accommodates it during one year.

Policy

Basile Boli sees itself entrusting by Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) a mission so that it incarnates this diversity of France after being approached by the PS of which it always was to be candidate at legislative the 2007 rather near. He refused the proposal of the PS and supported the candidate of UMP for the presidential one, making for example a speech at the time of the meeting of Marseilles during which he declared: All my life, I wanted to be the best. The best, today, it is Nicolas Sarkozy.

October 16th, 2007, Basile Boli was appointed national secretary of the UMP in load of the Co-development by Patrick Devedjian, general secretary of the party.

In the book of Basile Boli writes after the business the OM-Valencians, Basile Boli describes Jean-Pierre Papin like a racist.

Sporting career

Clubs

1982-1990 : France
1990-1994: France
1994-1995: Scotland
1995-1996: France
1996-1997: Japan

National team

45 matches in Équipe of France has - 1 goal
First match in team of France a: August 19th, 1986, Suisse - France: 2-0
took part in the Championnat of Europe of football 1992

Prize list

1983 - Champion of France Junior (AJ Auxerre)
1985 - Winner of the Cut of the Alps (AJ Auxerre)
1986 - Winner of the Cut Gambardella (AJ Auxerre)
1987 - Winner of the Cut of the Alps (AJ Auxerre)
1989 - gold Star France Football
1991 - Finalist of the Coupe de France (Marseilles)
1991 - Finalist of the Cut of Europe of the Clubs Champions (Marseilles)
1991 - Finalist of the Trophy Joan Gamper (Marseilles)
1991 - Champion of France of Division 1 (Marseilles)
1992 - Champion of France of Division 1 (Marseilles)

1993 - Winner of the Cut of Europe of the Clubs Champions (Marseilles)
1995 - Champion of Scotland (Rangers F.C.).

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