.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (May 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Ferdinand Coly]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|fr|Ferdinand Coly)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Ferdinand Coly
Coly in January 2008
Personal information
Full name Ferdinand Alexandre Coly
Date of birth (1973-09-10) 10 September 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Libourne 29 (0)
1994–1996 Poitiers 66 (4)
1996–1999 Châteauroux 91 (8)
1999–2003 Lens 74 (2)
2003 → Birmingham City (loan) 1 (0)
2003–2005 Perugia 41 (2)
2005–2008 Parma 56 (2)
Total 358 (18)
International career
2000–2007 Senegal[1] 44 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferdinand Alexandre Coly (born 10 September 1973) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Career

Coly was born in Dakar. He moved to France when he was 7 years old. He played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After impressing at the tournament, he moved from RC Lens to Birmingham City on loan.[2] But this proved to be a poor career move as he made his debut in the FA Cup against Fulham and then only managed a single Premiership appearance, against Arsenal.[3][4] Coly left Birmingham in summer 2003[5] and then moved on to Perugia. In his first season with the Italian club (2003–04), he made 11 appearances but never really impressed. He spent 2004–05 in Serie C (the team descended via playoffs to Serie B then suffered "another relegation", this time in the courts), making 29 appearances and scoring twice. In the summer of 2005 he made a move to Serie A side Parma, where he was a regular.

References

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 December 2020). "Senegal – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Birmingham land Dugarry". BBC. 2 January 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Stylish Fulham banish Blues". BBC. 5 January 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Arsenal brush Blues aside". BBC. 12 January 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Coly quits Birmingham". BBC. 19 August 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

External links


Senegal squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations runners-up
Senegal squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
Senegal squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations
Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations fourth place
Categories