Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mathis Gazoa Kippersund Bolly | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Greuther Fürth | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
Holmlia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Lillestrøm | 60 | (7) |
2013–2016 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 50 | (6) |
2014–2016 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 3 | (2) |
2016– | Greuther Fürth | 16 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
2013– | Ivory Coast | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014 |
Mathis Gazoa Kippersund Bolly (born 14 November 1990) is a Norwegian–Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greuther Fürth. Hailing from Oslo, Bolly made his professional debut for the Tippeligaen side Lillestrøm. He represented Norway at youth international level, but chose to represent Ivory Coast at senior level.
With an Ivorian father and a Norwegian mother, Bolly grew up at Holmlia in Oslo, and youth football for Lyn, Oppsal and Holmlia before transferring to Lillestrøm in 2008. He made his debut for the first team in the Tippeligaen match against Stabæk and played two matches in his first season with the club. In the 2009 season, Bolly's second season with Lillestrøm, he played 10 matches in Tippeligaen. Bolly scored his first Tippeligaen goal in the 1–0 victory against Sandefjord on 3 October 2010. During the 2012 season Bolly scored four goals and made four assists. His contract with Lillestrøm lasted till the end of the 2013 season, though he had told the club that he didn't want to renew his contract. Lillestrøm subsequently accepted an offer from Fortuna Düsseldorf and on 2 January 2013, Bolly signed for a three-and-a-half-year contract with the German side.
Bolly made his Bundesliga debut in the match against Mainz 05 when he came on as a substitute. He started the next match against Bayern Munich on 9 March 2013, where he also scored one of Fortuna Düsseldorf's goals in the 3–2 loss. The next week, Bolly scored another goal when Fortuna Düsseldorf drew 1–1 away against VfL Wolfsburg. Fortuna Düsseldorf was relegated after the 2012–13 season, but Bolly stayed with the team when they played in the 2. Bundesliga in the following season.