Boubacar Mansaly (born 4 February 1988) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Boubacar Mansaly
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Guédiawaye, Senegal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2005–2006 ASC Yeggo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Saint-Étienne II 100 (6)
2009–2010 Saint-Étienne 1 (0)
2011–2012 JA Drancy 17 (4)
2012–2015 Dinamo București 72 (3)
2015–2017 Astra Giurgiu 32 (0)
2017 BB Erzurumspor 9 (0)
2018 Salam Zgharta 11 (0)
2019 Atyrau 7 (0)
2020–2021 Spotlights
2021–2022 Abu Salem
Total 249 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Boubacar Mansaly was born on 4 February 1988 in Guédiawaye, Senegal, starting to play junior level football in 2005 at ASC Yeggo.[1] In January 2006 he went to French side, Saint-Étienne where he would spent five seasons, playing mostly for the satellite team in the lower leagues.[1][2] Mansaly made his debut for the first team in a Ligue 1 match on 15 August 2009 when coach Alain Perrin used him all the minutes in a 3–1 away loss in front of Toulouse.[1][2][3] His second and last appearance for Saint-Étienne was in a 3–1 loss in front of Lens from the 2009–10 Coupe de France quarter-finals.[1][2][4] Afterwards he went to play for the 2011–12 season at fourth league side, JA Drancy.[1][2]

In the summer of 2012, Mansaly went to play in Romania for Dinamo București where he was wanted by coach Dario Bonetti, the team needing a replacement for Djakaridja Koné.[1][2][5] In his first game he was used the whole match by Bonetti, playing in the central midfield along compatriot Issa Ba in the victory from the penalty shoot-out against CFR Cluj from the 2012 Supercupa României, having an appreciated evolution.[1][5][6] He also started playing in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate loss in front of Metalist Kharkiv from the 2012–13 Europa League play-off round.[1][7] On 23 August 2013, he scored his first goal for Dinamo in a 6–0 victory against Universitatea Cluj, then on 13 December he scored another goal and provided an assist for Dorin Rotariu in a 4–0 over ACS Poli Timișoara.[1][8] On 21 November 2014 he scored his last goal for The Red Dogs in a 2–1 win against Gaz Metan Mediaș.[1][9]

In September 2015, Mansaly signed a two-seasons contract with Astra Giurgiu, in the first one he played 13 league games under the guidance of coach Marius Șumudică as the team won the title.[1][2][10] In the following season he played six games in the Europa League campaign as Astra reached the sixteenths-finals of the competition where they were defeated by Genk.[1][11] In the same season, the club reached the 2017 Cupa României final but coach Șumudică did not use him in the loss in front of FC Voluntari.[12] On 13 May 2017, in the last round of the season, he made his last Liga I appearance in a 1–1 with his former team, Dinamo, having a total of 104 matches with three goals scored in the competition.[1][13]

In 2017, Mansaly left Romania to go play for Turkish second league BB Erzurumspor, then moving in Lebanon at Salam Zgharta, afterwards going in Kazakhstan at Atyrau with whom he reached the 2019 Kazakhstan Cup final, where coach Kuanysh Karakulov sent him on the field in the 74th minute in order to replace Mikhail Gabyshev but got replaced in the 113th minute with Ivan Antipov in the 2–1 loss in extra time in front of Kaysar Kyzylorda.[2][14][15][16] In 2020, Mansaly returned to Africa, firstly in Nigeria at Spotlights, then in Libya at Abu Salem where he retired in 2022.[2][14]

Honours

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Dinamo București

Astra Giurgiu

Atyrau

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Boubacar Mansaly at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "La fiche complète de l'ancien Vert Boubacar MANSALY" [The full profile of former Green Boubacar MANSALY] (in Romanian). Ancientsverts.com. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Toulouse enfonce les Verts" [Toulouse pushes les Verts] (in Romanian). Lefigaro.fr. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
    "Toulouse FC 3:1 AS Saint-Étienne". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Lens 3:1 Saint-Étienne". Lequipe.fr. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Boubacar a reușit să impresioneze la Dinamo după un singur meci: "Are foamea-n gît!"" [Boubacar managed to impress Dinamo after just one match: "He's hungry!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ "DINAMO, SUPERCAMPIOANA ROMÂNIEI CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2–2 (2–4 după loviturile de departajare). Țucudean, desemnat OMUL-MECIULUI" [DINAMO, ROMANIA SUPERCHAMPION CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2–2 (2–4 after penalty kicks). Țucudean, named MAN-OF-THE-MATCH] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Un regal în plină vară. Dinamo a învins la penalty-uri CFR Cluj şi a cucerit Supercupa României" [A royal in the middle of summer. Dinamo defeated CFR Cluj on penalties and won the Romanian Supercup] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Spectacol pe Național Arena! Supercupa României merge în Ștefan cel Mare după penalty-uri: CFR – Dinamo 2–2 (2–4)!" [Show at the National Arena! The Romanian Supercup goes to Stefan the Great after penalties: CFR – Dinamo 2–2 (2–4)!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Dinamo - Metalist 0-2. Fotografia serii pe Arena Națională: Cosmin Matei, dărâmat de neputința echipei sale. Vezi imagini cu gestul lui!" [Dinamo - Metalist 0-2. Photo of the evening at the National Arena: Cosmin Matei, crushed by the helplessness of his team. See images of his gesture!] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Metalist - Dinamo 2-1! "Câinii" sunt OUT din Europa League" [Metalist - Dinamo 2-1! "Dogs" are OUT of the Europa League] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ^ "FOTO și VIDEO Dinamo - U Cluj 6–0. Game, set și meci în "Ștefan cel Mare"" [PHOTO and VIDEO Dinamo - U Cluj 6–0. Game, set and match in "Stefan the Great"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    ""Câinii" știu să facă și spectacol. Dinamo - ACS Poli 4–0 și echipa lui Stoican are 4 victorii consecutive în Liga 1" [The "dogs" also know how to put on a show. Dinamo - ACS Poli 4–0 and Stoican's team has 4 consecutive victories in Liga 1] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Dinamo a invins Gaz Metan Medias, scor 2-1 in Liga I" [Dinamo defeated Gaz Metan Medias, score 2-1 in Liga I] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Boubacar a semnat un contract pe 2 ani cu Astra Giurgiu" [Boubacar signed a 2-year contract with Astra Giurgiu] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Final de poveste. Dar o poveste frumoasă! Astra îngenuncheată pe teren, Șumudică a încheiat meciul în tribune, 0-1 cu Genk" [End of story. But a beautiful story! Astra kneeling on the field, Șumudică ended the match in the stands, 0-1 with Genk] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Boubacar Mansaly. Europa League 2016/2017". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  12. ^ a b "FC Voluntari - Astra 1–1 (5–3 d.l.d). Minunea din Ilfov! Claudiu Niculescu, performanță istorică în finala Cupei României" [FC Voluntari - Astra 1–1 (5–3 d.l.d.). The miracle of Ilfov! Claudiu Niculescu, historic performance in the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Dinamo a remizat cu Astra și a încheiat sezonul pe locul trei" [Dinamo drew with Astra and ended the season in third place] (in Romanian). Digi24.ro. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Unde a ajuns fotbalistul care susținea că "moare de foame" la Dinamo! A fost campion al României" [Where did the footballer who claimed that he was "starving" at Dinamo end up! He was champion of Romania] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Kaysar Kyzylorda 2–1 FK Atyrau". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Официально: Бубакар Мансали – игрок ФК Атырау". rfcatyrau.kz/ (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  17. ^ a b Boubacar Mansaly at Soccerway
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