{{short description|Ghanaian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Francis Bossman | fullname = Francis Jojo Bossman | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | height = {{Height|m=1.80}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defensive Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Berekum Arsenal | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2004–2009 | clubs2 = Hearts of Oak | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = New Edubiase United | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2010–2012 | clubs4 = Sloboda Užice | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = Ravan Baku | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2013 | clubs6 = Jagodina | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2014–2015 | clubs8 = Sloboda Užice | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = Mornar Bar | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1= 2003 | nationalteam1= Ghana | nationalcaps1= 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 22 March 2016 | ntupdate = 22 March 2016 }}
'''Francis Bossman''' (born 24 June 1984) is a Ghanaian footballer who last played for FK Mornar in the Montenegrin First League.
==Club career== Born in Accra, Bossman begin his senior career in 2002 playing with Berekum Arsenal in the Ghana Premier League. His nickname is Makelele. He earned while still young a call to represent the Ghana national team, in 2003. All this contributed for his move to Hearts of Oak in 2004. Same year Hearts won the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup. Bossman will stay in Accra 5 consecutive seasons, winning 4 national championship titles.
In 2009 Bossman moved to New Edubiase United another Ghana Premier League club, but in summer 2010 he decided to accept an offer to move abroad and in the August 2010, he officially signed a contract with Serbian club FK Sloboda Užice for an undisclosed fee.<ref>[http://www.mojsport.net/blog/nahvaljeni-ganjanin-u-slobodi-sevojnu/3794.html MojSport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007181914/http://www.mojsport.net/blog/nahvaljeni-ganjanin-u-slobodi-sevojnu/3794.html |date=2011-10-07 }} {{in lang|sr}}</ref>
===Ravan Baku=== In the Summer of 2012 Bossman joined Ravan Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=Francis Joojo Bossman Profile|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player.php?ID=645|publisher=ghanaweb.com|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref>
===Jagodina=== On January 26, 2013, it was announced that Bossman left Ravan Baku to sign a 1.5-year contract for ambitious Serbian side FK Jagodina.<ref>[http://www.fkjagodina.org.rs/8512/pojacanje-na-sredini-terena/ FK Jagodina (Serbian): Pojačanje na sredini terena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214645/http://www.fkjagodina.org.rs/8512/pojacanje-na-sredini-terena/ |date=29 October 2013 }} January 26, 2012</ref> However, because of a knee-injury Bossman missed most of the second half of the 2012–13 season and made only one league appearance<ref>[http://www.sportal.rs/news.php?news=107158 Jagodina uručila otkaz Afrikancu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818082259/http://www.sportal.rs/news.php?news=107158 |date=2013-08-18 }} at sportal.rs, 12-8-2013 {{in lang|sr}}</ref> before being released.
===Sloga PM=== In September 2013, Bossman signed for newly promoted Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Free agent Francis Bossman signs for Serbian side Sloga Petrovac|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4389/ghana/2013/09/14/4261286/free-agent-francis-bossman-signs-for-serbian-side-sloga|website=www.goal.com|publisher=Goal.com|accessdate=27 August 2014|date=14 September 2014}}</ref>
==National team== Jojo Bossman played one match for the Ghana national team in 2003.<ref>{{NFT player|id=29585|accessdate=}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Hearts of Oak''' *CAF Confederation Cup: 2004 *Ghana Premier League: 2004–05, 2005, 2006–07, 2008–09
'''Jagodina''' *Serbian Cup: 2013
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20141012205706/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/sloboda_uzice/bossman.htm Francis Bossman]}} at Srbijafudbal * [http://www.utakmica.rs/fudbaler/355-bosman-francis Francis Bossman at Utakmica.rs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914095238/http://www.utakmica.rs/fudbaler/355-bosman-francis |date=14 September 2011 }} {{in lang|sr}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bossman, Francis}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Accra Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Ghana men's international footballers Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Berekum Arsenal F.C. players Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players Category:New Edubiase United F.C. players Category:FK Sloboda Užice players Category:FK Jagodina players Category:FK Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi players Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Ravan Baku FK players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Category:Serbian First League players Category:FK Mornar players Category:Montenegrin First League players Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen