Kerala Blasters sign Cameroonian forward Raphaël Messi Bouli

Kerala Blasters FC have brought on-board 27-year-old Cameroonian forward Raphaël Messi Bouli for the upcoming Indian Super League season.

Looks like there's a new Messi in town 😉

Welcome to the KBFC Family, Raphael Messi Bouli! 🇨🇲#SwagathamMessi #KeralaBlasters pic.twitter.com/UvWrShpFRt

— K e r a l a B l a s t e r s F C (@KeralaBlasters) August 24, 2019

Born in the city of Yaoundé in Cameroon, Messi’s first few years of professional football were with local clubs FAP Yaoundé (2013), Canon Yaoundé (2014-15) and APEJES Academy (2016-18).

In 2018, the left-footed centre-forward moved abroad to Chinese fourth tier club Yanbian Hailanjiang FC and then a few months later to the Iranian top tier club Foolad FC – from where he joins Kerala Blasters.

Bouli has also represented the Cameroon National Team and has been capped six times.