Kenji-Van Boto (born 7 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Clermont. Born in France, he plays for the Madagascar national team.
_70.jpg) Boto with Auxerre in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Denis, Réunion, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Clermont | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Saint-Denis F.C. | ||
| 2011–2016 | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2023 | Auxerre II | 81 | (1) |
| 2016–2023 | Auxerre | 78 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Pau (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Pau | 28 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Pau II | 10 | (0) |
| 2025– | Clermont | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Madagascar | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:38, 3 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editInternational career
editBoto was born in France and is of Malagasy descent. He is a former youth international with the France U16s.[4] He was called up to the Madagascar national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022.[5] He debuted in a 3–3 friendly tie with Congo on 24 September 2022.[6]
Career statistics
edit- As of 1 July 2021
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Auxerre | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 76 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 3 | ||
References
edit- ↑ "Kenji-Van Boto signe son 1er contrat professionnel avec l'AJA ! - AJA - l'Association de la jeunesse auxerroise". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ "MERCATO – Kenji Boto" (in French). Pau FC. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ↑ "Kenji-Van Boto, nouveau latéral gauche du CF63" [Kenji-Van Boto, new left-back for CF63] (in French). Clermont Foot 63. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ↑ "Joueur – Kenji Van BOTO – FFF". Fédération Française de Football (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ↑ Madagasikara, Rédaction Midi (21 September 2022). "Football – Barea : Kenji Van Boto présent, Rémy Vita fait faux bond". Midi Madagasikara. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Congo vs. Madagascar". www.national-football-teams.com.
External links
edit- Kenji-Van Boto at Soccerway
- Kenji-Van Boto – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)