Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (born 1 July 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left sided midfielder or defender for Scottish Premiership side Celtic.

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo
Personal information
Full name Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo
Date of birth (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Left midfield, Left back
Club information
Current team
Celtic
Number 23
Youth career
2010–2013 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Club Brugge 40 (1)
2017Sint-Truiden (loan) 17 (0)
2017–2019 Rapid Vienna 56 (3)
2019– Celtic 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:58, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2013

Career

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.[1]

On 19 March 2015, he scored a brace against Beşiktaş J.K. in the UEFA Europa League round of 16, leading his team to qualify for the quarter-finals.[2][3]

Celtic

On 3 July 2019, Bolingoli signed a four-year deal with Celtic.[4]

Personal life

His younger brother, Emeraude and his two cousins, Romelu and Jordan Lukaku are also footballers.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 December 2019[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague National CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Brugge2013–14Belgian Pro League 71 1 0001[lower-alpha 1]091
2014–15 110 3 2006[lower-alpha 1]3205
2015–16 140 1 0107[lower-alpha 2]1221
2016–17Belgian First Division A 80 1 0003[lower-alpha 3]0130
Club Brugge Total 401 6 210174647
Sint-Truiden (loan)2016–17Belgian First Division A 80 0 00010[lower-alpha 4]0180
Rapid Wien2017–18Austrian Football Bundesliga 281 3 03000311
2018–19 282 4 03110[lower-alpha 5]0413
Rapid Wein Total 563 7 061100724
Celtic2019–20Scottish Premiership 120 0 02011[lower-alpha 6]0250
Career total 1164 13 29139417911
  1. 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

Honours

Club

Celtic

References

  1. "B. Bolingoli". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. Boli Bolingoli Mbombo helps Club Brugge rally past Besiktas, 19 March 2015, Espnfc
  3. Broers Lukaku feliciteren neefje Boli, 6 August 2013, hln.be
  4. "Celtic delighted to sign Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo on four-year deal". Celtic F.C. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. "Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo: You can't say no to a club like Celtic". Celtic F.C. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. "Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  8. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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