Matar Coly

Matar Coly (born 10 November 1984) is a Senegalese professional footballer who currently plays for Lausanne-Sport.

Matar Coly
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-11-10) 10 November 1984
Place of birth Tivaouane, Senegal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Lausanne-Sport
Number 25
Youth career
1994—2002 Génération Foot
2002—2003 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003—2005 Lens B 38 (11)
2005—2008 Neuchâtel Xamax 104 (35)
2009 Al-Wahda 12 (6)
2009—2010 Young Boys 13 (1)
2010—2013 Young Boys II 5 (1)
2012—2013 → Biel-Bienne (loan) 21 (9)
2013— Lausanne-Sport 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 June 2013

Career

Coly began his career in 1994 in Dakar with Génération Foot, at 10 years old. Aged 18 he joined the youth team of RC Lens, in 2003 was called up to the second team of Lens, where he played alongside Seydou Keita, Daniel Cousin and John Utaka.[1] In the summer of 2005 he transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax, where he played until January 2009 before being sold to Al-Wahda in the United Arab Emirates where he would remain for only six months. Coly returned to Switzerland during the summer of 2009, signing for BSC Young Boys. After featuring for the first-team in his first season with the club, he was moved down to the reserve team for the next two seasons and was finally sent on loan to second-tier side FC Biel-Bienne for the 2012-13 season. In the summer of 2013 Coly signed for FC Lausanne-Sport on a one-year contract with an option for a one-year extension, arriving as a free transfer.[2]

References
  1. "Matar COLY". Site RC Lens (in French). sitercl.com. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. "Matar Coly signe au Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport (in French). lausanne-sport.ch. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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