Ferdinand Alexandre Coly (born 10 September 1973) is a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

ese former professional

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who played as a full-back.

Career

Coly was born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

. He moved to France when he was 7 years old. He played in all of

's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After impressing at the tournament, he moved from

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), co ...

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on loan. But this proved to be a poor career move as he made his debut in the

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against

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and then only managed a single Premiership appearance, against Arsenal. Coly left Birmingham in summer 2003 and then moved on to

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. In his first season with the

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club (2003–04), he made 11 appearances but never really impressed. He spent 2004–05 in

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(the team descended via playoffs to

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then suffered "another relegation", this time in the courts), making 29 appearances and scoring twice. In the summer of 2005 he made a move to Serie A side

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, where he was a regular.

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* Living people 1973 births Sportspeople from Dakar Association football fullbacks Ligue 1 players Premier League players Serie A players Serie B players Stade Poitevin FC players LB Châteauroux players RC Lens players Birmingham City F.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Parma Calcio 1913 players Senegalese footballers French footballers Senegalese Christians French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Senegal international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in England Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub