Matar Coly

Matar Coly

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-11-10) 10 November 1984
Place of birth	Tivaouane, Senegal
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2013

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

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. 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.

External links

• Player page on World Football