Winsley Boteli

Winsley Boteli
Personal information
Full name Winsley Boteli Mokango
Date of birth (2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 (age 20)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Sion
Number 13
Youth career
2014–2022 Servette
2022–2024 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2026 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 25 (3)
2025–2026 → Sion (loan) 34 (8)
2026– Sion 9 (6)
International career‡
2022–2023 Switzerland U17 15 (8)
2023–2024 Switzerland U18 8 (3)
2024 Switzerland U19 4 (1)
2025 Switzerland U20 5 (2)
2025– Switzerland U21 5 (2)
2026– Switzerland 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 October 2026

Winsley Boteli Mokango (born 5 July 2006) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Sion and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Boteli is a youth product of Servette, before moving to the academy of the German club Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 July 2022. He was the top scorer in the 2023–24 Under 19 Bundesliga with 19 goals in 19 games. On 5 July 2024, he extended his contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach until 2028 and joined their reserves in the Regionalliga for the 2024–25 season.

On 25 June 2025, Boteli joined Swiss Super League club Sion on a year-long loan, with an option to buy.

International career

Born in Switzerland, Boteli is of DR Congolese descent. He doesn't possess the DR Congo passport but has both the Swiss and the French ones. He was part of the Switzerland U17 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

On 26 September 2026, Boteli made his debut for the Switzerland national team in a 2026–27 UEFA Nations League B game against North Macedonia.

References

  1. ↑ "Winsley Boteli | FC Sion". sfl.ch.
  2. ↑ "Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern Munich to sign Swiss talent Winsley Boteli - Get German Football News". 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "U23: Borussia verlängert mit Boteli | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Offizielle Website". www.borussia.de.
  4. ↑ "Gladbach: Entscheidung um Sturm-Juwel Boteli gefallen!". GladbachLIVE. 5 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "FC Sion: l'attaquant suisse Winsley Boteli arrive du Borussia Mönchengladbach". FC Sion: l’attaquant suisse Winsley Boteli arrive du Borussia Mönchengladbach.
  6. ↑ Rakotoaritiana, Tahiry (3 January 2024). "Les 3 options qui s’offrent à Winsley Boteli cet hiver".
  7. ↑ Fournier, Stéphane (27 February 2026). "FC Sion: Winsley Boteli, le fan de Balotelli qui s'affiche et marque sous le maillot du club valaisan".
  8. ↑ Staub, Emanuel (12 May 2023). "Schweizer U17-Nationaltrainer Sascha Stauch im Interview". Bolzplazz (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "North Macedonia 0-3 Switzerland (Sep 26, 2026) Final Score - ESPN". ESPN. 26 September 2026. Retrieved 13 October 2026.