Abdellatif Boutaty

Abdellatif Boutaty
Date of birth (1983-06-04) June 4, 1983
Place of birth Morocco
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 12 in)
Weight 114 kg (251 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004-2005
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2010
2010-2014
2014-2016
2017-
Stade Toulousain
Section Paloise
Blagnac SCR
US Montauban
Aviron Bayonnais
Section Paloise
Stade Français
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National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)

Abdellatif Boutaty (born 4 June 1983) is a Moroccan rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock. He is nicknamed "The Tiger of Atlas" (Le Tigre de l'Atlas).

Club career

Boutaty played for the Moroccan amateur team of COC, in Casablanca, moving then to Vallée du Girou, in Toulouse, France. He then was assigned to his first major team, Stade Toulousain, in 2004/05. Boutaty joined Section Paloise for the season of 2006-07, moving then to Blagnac SCR, where he spent an entire season. He played for US Montauban, from 2008-09 to 2009-10. He moved to Aviron Bayonnais for the season 2010-11 Top 14 season, where he would play until 2013/14. He played for Section Paloise from 2014/15 to 2015/16. In January 2017, he joined Stade Français.[1]

International statistics

Boutaty is one of the best players for Morocco, having won the title of African Champion, in 2005. He was also in the Moroccan side that narrowly lost the repechage play-off for a place at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, getting beat by Portugal.

References

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