{{Short description|Swiss footballer (born 2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Family name hatnote|Boteli|Mokango|lang=Congolese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Winsley Boteli | image = | caption = | fullname = Winsley Boteli Mokango | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|7|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland | height = 1.85m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfl.ch/players/winsley-boteli|title=Winsley Boteli | FC Sion|website=sfl.ch}}</ref> | position = Striker | currentclub = Sion<br>(on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach II) | clubnumber = 13 | youthyears1 = 2014–2022 | youthclubs1 = Servette | youthyears2 = 2022–2025 | youthclubs2 = Borussia Mönchengladbach | years1 = 2024– | clubs1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach II | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = → Sion (loan) | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 8 | nationalyears1 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam1 = Switzerland U17 | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 8 | nationalyears2 = 2023–2024 | nationalteam2 = Switzerland U18 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 3 | nationalyears3 = 2024 | nationalteam3 = Switzerland U19 | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2025 | nationalteam4 = Switzerland U20 | nationalcaps4 = 5 | nationalgoals4 = 2 | nationalyears5 = 2025– | nationalteam5 = Switzerland U21 | nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | pcupdate = 02:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC) | ntupdate = 02:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC) }} '''Winsley Boteli Mokango''' (born 5 July 2006) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Sion, on loan from Regionalliga West club Borussia Mönchengladbach II.
==Club career== Mokango is a youth product of Servette, before moving to the academy of the German club Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2022/borussia-monchengladbach-beat-bayern-munich-to-sign-swiss-talent-winsley-boteli/|title=Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern Munich to sign Swiss talent Winsley Boteli - Get German Football News|date=1 July 2022}}</ref> He was the top scorer in the 2023–24 Under 19 Bundesliga with 19 goals in 19 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.borussia.de/news/u23-borussia-verlaengert-mit-boteli|title=U23: Borussia verlängert mit Boteli | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Offizielle Website|website=www.borussia.de}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gladbachlive.de/news/gladbach-entscheidung-um-sturm-juwel-boteli-gefallen-822743|title=Gladbach: Entscheidung um Sturm-Juwel Boteli gefallen!|date=5 July 2024|website=GladbachLIVE}}</ref> On 25 June 2025 he joined Sion on a year-long loan, with an option to buy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/valais/valais-central/sion-district/sion-commune/fc-sion-lattaquant-suisse-winsley-boteli-arrive-du-borussia-monchengladbach-1458782|title=FC Sion: l’attaquant suisse Winsley Boteli arrive du Borussia Mönchengladbach|website=FC Sion: l’attaquant suisse Winsley Boteli arrive du Borussia Mönchengladbach}}</ref>
==International career== Born in Switzerland, Boteli is of DR Congolese descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://africafoot.com/les-3-options-qui-soffrent-a-winsley-boteli-cet-hiver/|title=Les 3 options qui s’offrent à Winsley Boteli cet hiver|first=Tahiry|last=Rakotoaritiana|date=3 January 2024}}</ref> He doesn't possess the DR Congo passport but has both the Swiss and the French ones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/sport/football/fc-sion/fc-sion-winsley-boteli-le-fan-de-balotelli-qui-saffiche-et-marque-sous-le-maillot-du-club-valaisan-1489150|title=FC Sion: Winsley Boteli, le fan de Balotelli qui s’affiche et marque sous le maillot du club valaisan|first=Stéphane|last=Fournier|date=27 February 2026}}</ref> He was part of the Switzerland U17 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staub |first=Emanuel |date=2023-05-12 |title=Schweizer U17-Nationaltrainer Sascha Stauch im Interview |url=https://www.bolzplazz.com/post/schweizer-u17-nationaltrainer-sascha-stauch-im-interview |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Bolzplazz |language=de}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Soccerway|new_id=boteli-winsley/4rr4MzGc}} *[https://www.football.ch/fr/asf/equipes-nationales/m20/team.aspx/t-41649/p-1011201/ Football.ch Profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boteli, Winsley}} Category:2006 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Geneva Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers Category:Swiss people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Category:Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Category:FC Sion players Category:Regionalliga players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers Category:Swiss expatriates in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany