21 Facts About Bolasie

Yannick Bolasie was born on 24 May 1989 and is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for TFF First League club Caykur Rizespor.

Bolasie has played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Barnet, Bristol City, Crystal Palace, Everton and Aston Villa.

Bolasie 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.

Bolasie returned to England in 2008 after being offered a trial with Plymouth Argyle and impressed enough to be offered a two-year contract.

Bolasie made his debut against Eastbourne Borough on 29 November, and made seven appearances in the Conference before returning to Argyle in January 2009.

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Bolasie then joined Barnet on loan, making his Football League debut against Accrington Stanley on 24 January 2009.

Bolasie scored against Grimsby again in October 2009, capping a fine display with a fierce shot from 30 yards Bolasie scored his second goal of the season three weeks later against Darlington, as Hendon's side maintained a place in the top half of the League Two table.

Bolasie returned to Plymouth Argyle in January 2010, having made a further 22 league appearances for Barnet, scoring twice.

Bolasie was given a chance to impress by Paul Mariner, who had succeeded Sturrock a month earlier, and included him in the squad to take on Barnsley on 13 February 2010.

Bolasie scored his first goal for the club two weeks later at Sheffield United.

Bolasie was offered a new contract by the club in April 2010, and Bolasie signed it in July after the arrival of Peter Reid as the club's new manager.

Bolasie was transferred to Bristol City on 6 June 2011 for an undisclosed fee and signed a two-year contract.

Bolasie submitted a written transfer request in August 2012 because he wanted to move back to London.

Bolasie made his Premier League debut as a substitute against Liverpool at Anfield on 5 October 2013.

On 2 October 2020, manager Carlo Ancelotti said that although Bolasie was training well, he was not in his plans and was free to leave the club.

On 28 January 2021, Bolasie moved to EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Bolasie was eligible to represent France, England and DR Congo internationally through birth, upbringing and heritage respectively.

In January 2013 while playing in the Championship for Crystal Palace, Bolasie rejected the chance to represent the DR Congo in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations claiming that he did not want to disrupt making progress in his club career.

Bolasie was selected in the Congolese squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

Bolasie's parents were born in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bolasie was born in the French city of Lyon, but moved to England when he was seven months old and grew up in the London borough of Brent.