Boga with Stade Rennais in 2015.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Chelsea | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2009 | ASPTT Marseille | ||
2009–2015 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Rennes B (loan) | 1 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Rennes (loan) | 27 | (2) |
2016–2017 | → Granada (loan) | 26 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | France U16 | 2 | (1) |
2014–2016 | France U19 | 10 | (1) |
2017– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:04, 26 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:04, 10 June 2017 (UTC) |
Jérémie Boga (born 3 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Ivory Coast national football team.
In 2008, Boga joined Chelsea from ASPTT Marseille as a youngster when he moved with his family to London where his father worked. Boga was educated at Richard Challoner School in New Malden. After impressing in the Academy, he earned himself his first professional contract, therefore keeping at the London-based club until 2017.
In the 2014–15 season, Boga was named on the bench in Chelsea's final game of the season against Sunderland, which ended up as 3–1 victory but Boga failed to make his professional debut.
On 31 August 2015, Boga joined Stade Rennais on a season-long loan to gain first team experience since his impressive spell in the Chelsea youth system. On 18 September 2015, Boga made his debut for Stade Rennais coming on as a 82nd-minute substitute for Paul-Georges Ntep in 1–1 draw against Lille. At the beginning of October, Boga made a single appearance for Rennes' reserve team against GSI Pontivy, in which he scored the only goal of the game, converting a penalty in the first-half. On 28 November 2015, in his first start for the team, Boga scored his first professional goal against Stade de Reims which resulted in a 2–2 draw. Boga scored his second goal of the season in the Round 64 of Coupe de France against OGC Nice to send them into extra-time. The game went on to penalties as Rennais won the shootout 7-6. On 9 January 2016, Boga scored his third goal of the season in a 2–2 draw against Lorient.