Boubacar Barry

Boubacar Barry

Barry playing for Côte d'Ivoire in 2012
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Barry[1]
Date of birth (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979
Place of birth Marcory, Ivory Coast
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 ASEC Mimosas 17 (0)
2001–2003 Rennes B 23 (0)
2003–2007 Beveren 107 (0)
2007–2017 Lokeren 239 (1)
National team‡
2000–2015 Ivory Coast 84 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 may 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 February 2015

Boubacar "Copa" Barry (born 30 December 1979) is a Ivorian retired footballer, who played for Lokeren and the Ivory Coast national team as a goalkeeper. His stint at Lokeren lasted ten years, from July 2007 until June 2017.

Club career

Barry scored a penalty for Lokeren in the 2011–12 season, in a 4–0 win against Westerlo. He won the Belgian Cup with Lokeren in the same season as well as in the 2013–2014 season.[3]

International career

Barry was called up to the 2006 World Cup as part of the Ivory Coast national team. He appeared in the final group match against Serbia and Montenegro on 22 June 2006, which Ivory Coast won 3–2.

He started all three matches for the Ivory Coast in Group G in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He earned clean sheets against Portugal and North Korea.

He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the Elephants' 2014 FIFA World Cup Campaign as they narrowly missed out on qualifying for the second round following an injury-time defeat to Greece.

2015 Africa Cup of Nations

Barry was called up to the Ivory Coast squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held in Equatorial Guinea. He was benched for most of the tournament in favour of his younger teammate Sylvain Gbohouo, but went on to play in the final following Gbohouo's injury in the semi-final. It was his second appearance in the showpiece event having been in goal in the 2012 final against Zambia. The 2015 final finished goalless after normal and extra-time, and Barry emerged as the hero by saving two penalties and scoring the winning penalty, overcoming a cramp in the process.[3][4][5] He also overcame the disappointment of the 2012 final which had also gone to penalties. He announced his international retirement on 3 March 2015, having amassed 86 caps for the Ivory Coast.[6]

Style of play

He is two-footed. At the 2010 World Cup he took goal kicks with his right foot, while using his left foot for punts.

Personal life

In Belgium, he plays with "Copa" on his shirt; however, for the national team, his regular name was used.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2017
Club Season League1 Cup Europe2 Other3 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beveren 2003–2004[7] Belgian Pro League 310———310
2004–2005[7] 120—60—180
2005–2006[7] 270———270
2006–2007[7] 320———320
Total 10200060001080
Lokeren 2007–2008[7] Belgian Pro League 230———230
2008–2009[8] 310———310
2009–2010[8] 19010——200
2010–2011[8] 32010——330
2011–2012[8] 27150——321
2012–2013[8] 2702030—320
2013–2014[8] 31060——370
2014–2015[8] 1603060—250
2015–2016[2][8] 7000——70
2016-2017[7] 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
Total 239120090002681
Career total 3411200150003761

Honours

Club

Lokeren

Country

Ivory Coast

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Boubacar Barry". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Rudin, David (10 February 2015). "Boubacar Barry, hero of the stupid game". Howler Magazine. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (9-8 on penalties)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Barry dedicates win to past players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ivory Coast hero 'Copa' announces international retirement". Worldfootball Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Boubacar Barry » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "B. Barry". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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