Player Profile: Eric Joly

Full Name: Eric Joly

Nickname: Unknown

Squad No: 16

Position: Midfielder Centre

Date of Birth: 6th October 1973

Birth Place: France

Height: 5ft 11ins

Former Clubs: KV Kortrijk, AA Gent, Endracht Aalst, RAEC Mons

Signed for Killie: 5th August 2004

Contract Ends: 5th August 2005

Notes: What can we say about Eric other than he is officially an international man of mystery! It wasn't easy finding out anything about Eric's playing career other than he's been at several Belgian clubs, scored a few goals from midfield in his time, and had a crack at Europe with his last club Mons. Joly arrived in Scotland to holiday with his brother-in-law, Killie's own Freddie Dindeleux, and Freddie asked manager Jim Jefferies if it was okay for Eric to train with the club to maintain his fitness. Straight away JJ clocked that Eric was a player he had tracked during his time with Hearts and could never afford and immediately set the wheels in motion to keep the Frenchman in Ayrshire. Joly is a left sided central midfielder who seems pretty composed on the ball but to be fair we have not seen enough of him yet to give a fair analysis of his strengths and weaknesses.