Bolasie playing for Crystal Palace in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yannick Bolasie | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Everton | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Rushden & Diamonds | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Hillingdon Borough | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Floriana | 24 | (4) |
2008–2011 | Plymouth Argyle | 51 | (8) |
2008–2009 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2009 | → Barnet (loan) | 20 | (3) |
2009–2010 | → Barnet (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Bristol City | 23 | (1) |
2012–2016 | Crystal Palace | 133 | (12) |
2016– | Everton | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2013– | DR Congo | 31 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016.
Yannick Bolasie (born 24 May 1989) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Everton. Born in Lyon, he has played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Barnet, Bristol City and Crystal Palace. Bolasie has been capped at international level by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Bolasie began his career with Rushden & Diamonds at the age of 16. He spent four months as a member of their youth team and then had a spell with Hillingdon Borough in the Southern Football League, before moving across Europe to play for Floriana in the Maltese Premier League. He returned to England in 2008 after being offered a trial with Plymouth Argyle, and impressed enough to be offered a two-year contract. He joined Dagenham & Redbridge on trial, with a view to a loan move, before returning to Rushden & Diamonds on loan near the end of the year. He made his debut against Eastbourne Borough on 29 November, and made seven appearances in the Conference before returning to Argyle in January 2009. Bolasie then joined Barnet on loan, making his Football League debut against Accrington Stanley on 24 January 2009. He scored his first goal two weeks later, opening the scoring in a 3–3 draw against Grimsby Town.