Garry Bocaly

Olympique de Marseille

Born in Schœlcher, Martinique, Bocaly arrived at Marseille in 2004 before being promoted to the first team the following year. He made his debut on 5 March 2006 against rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the annual Le Classique under bizarre circumstances.

In order to protest against security flaws at the Parc des Princes, Marseille president Pape Diouf decided to call-up players from the club's youth academy and their CFA2 reserve team to play against the club. Bocaly started the match and played well, despite going against the likes of Pauleta, Jérôme Rothen, and Bonaventure Kalou. The match ended in a 0–0 draw with Garry playing the full 90 minutes. A month later, on 14 April 2006, he agreed to his first professional contract, signing for three years.

In 2006-07 season, he was promoted to the senior squad and given the number 6 shirt. Despite the promotion, he was listed as the third-choice right back behind Habib Beye and Renato Civelli. Garry was finally given a chance to make an impression when Beye was forced to move to the centre back position due to injuries after Civelli went down due to injury. He appeared in three straight matches starting them all, however, Marseille lost all three and Bocaly was relegated back to the bench. Soon after, Bocaly, himself, find himself in the injury list after injuring his groin while in training.

After his loan at Montpellier, the club's sporting director José Anigo said when he will be part of first team plan of Didier Deschamps for the 2009–2010 season. He played his first game of the season on 31 October 2009 to face Toulouse, which resulted a 1-1 draw. and played his first match of the Champions League on 3 November 2009 to face Zürich, which the match ended with Marseille thrashing Zürich 6-1.

Libourne-Saint-Seurin (loan)

Due to a surplus of more experienced full backs, including new signing Laurent Bonnart, Marseille loaned Bocaly out for the 2007–08 season to join Ligue 2 side Libourne-Saint-Seurin. Bocaly soon became an undisputed starter for the club. Bocaly appeared in 29 matches with the club and scored his first ever goal on 24 September 2007 against Nantes. Despite his improved performances, which led to Marseille extending his contract until 2012, Libourne finished 19th and, thus, were relegated to the third-tier Championnat National.

Montpellier

Bocaly's return to Marseille was short-lived, as he was again sent on loan, but this time to Ligue 2 side Montpellier. Instead of going on loan by himself like previously, Marseille team-mates Thomas Deruda and Jean-Philippe Sabo joined him. Bocaly made his debut for Montpellier in a 1–0 loss against Strasbourg on 4 August 2008. Bocaly helped the club achieved promotion to Ligue 2 as the club was second place behind Lens just by goal differences.

On 28 January 2010, Bocaly returned on loan to Montpellier for six months, with an option to purchase 800,000 euros, in his second loan spell. His second loan spell with Montpellier was short lived by making 12 appearance when Bocaly suffered a broken hand and had to get surgery. He returned to training on 22 February 2010. Following his recovery, Bocaly made more appearance later in the season. At the end of the season, Montpellier finished fifth in the championship, which they qualified for the UEFA Europa League. After two spells on loan to Montpellier, Bocaly signed for the club on a permanent basis. Since joining the club, Bocaly established in the starting eleven for the club.

His first permanent full season at Montpellier, Bocaly's first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis, in a 1-0 win over Bordeaux, which he scored his first goal (and the first of the season). However the season soon became poor, as the club lost in the final of Coupe de la Ligue against his former club, where he was started for the final. It couldn't get any worse when the club finished fourteenth place, just three points from being relegated. During his first permanent full season at Montpellier, Bocaly went on to score two more goals against Nancy and Lens.

In 2011-12 season, Bocaly was involved with the club as they won the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier over PSG, for the first time in the club's history and was included in the first team, playing in the right-back defence.

However in 2012-13 season, Bocaly tear his thigh in training and missed the first-three matches at the start of the season. He made his return on 1 September 2012, in a 1-0 win over Sochaux. Bocaly was a regular in the first team. A few week later, Bocaly played his first Champions League match in over four years, in a 2-1 loss against Arsenal, but the next Champions League match, Bocaly was sent-off, in a 2-2 draw against Schalke 04 after a straight red card for his foul on Julian Draxler, giving away a penalty for the opposition team. Afterwards, Bocaly was given a one-match ban by UEFA. Three week later, on 27 October 2012, in a 3-1 win over Nice, Bocaly was sent-off, again, in the last-minute for professional foul. But in mid-November, Bocaly soon suffered a hip problem, that left him out for over a month. By March, Bocaly was ruled out for the entire 2012-13 season after underwent a hip arthroscopy.

International career

Garry has appeared with all of France's youth teams beginning with the under-16s all the way to the under-21s. He was a member of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-finals at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He earned his first cap with the under-21 squad on 26 March 2008, in a match against the Czech Republic.