Mbark Boussoufa

Mbark Boussoufa
Boussoufa with Morocco in 2018
Personal information
Full name Moubarak Boussoufa
Date of birth (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder, Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Jazira
Number 10
Youth career
1994–1995 Middenmeer
1995–1996 Fortius
1996–2001 Ajax
2001–2004 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Gent 59 (14)
2006–2011 Anderlecht 148 (48)
2011–2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 68 (11)
2013–2016 Lokomotiv Moscow 39 (3)
2016 → Gent (loan) 11 (2)
2016– Al Jazira 37 (7)
National team‡
2006– Morocco 64 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:58, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa (Arabic: مُبارك بوصوفا‎, born 15 August 1984) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Emirati club Al Jazira and the Moroccan national team. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010.[2]

Club career

Moubarak Boussoufa with Lokomotiv Moscow.

Mbark started off at the youth academy of Ajax Amsterdam before joining Chelsea F.C. He spent the 2005/06 season with K.A.A. Gent, winning several prizes in 2006: Belgian Golden Shoe, Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe.

In June 2006, Boussoufa signed a four-year contract with R.S.C. Anderlecht after a €3.5 million transfer.[3] In his first season he was a regular in the title-clinching squad. He became a key player for the team that finished second in both the 2007–2008 and the 2008–2009 seasons. Boussoufa was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for a second time after the 2008–2009 season in which Anderlecht barely missed out on the title, losing the Championship play-off against Standard de Liège. The next year, he managed 14 goals and 24 assists which made him the most valuable player in Anderlecht's championship-winning squad. He was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for a second consecutive time and the third time overall. After the season, he renewed his contract with a significant raise, making him the best paid footballer in Belgium.[4] He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010.[2]

In March 2011, Russian side FC Terek Grozny announced his signing,[5] but his transfer fell through three days later. Instead, Boussoufa signed for another Russian team, Anzhi Makhachkala.[6]

Boussoufa signed a three-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow in August 2013.[7] With Lokomotiv he won the 2015 Russian Cup, scoring the second goal as they beat Kuban Krasnodar 3-1 after extra time in the final.[8] He returned to K.A.A. Gent on loan from in February 2016.[9]

In July 2016, Boussoufa signed a two-year contract with UAE club Al Jazira.[10] He made 16 appearances and scored three times as Al-Jazira went on to win the 2016-17 UAE Arabian Gulf League.[11][12]

International career

Eligible to play for both Morocco and The Netherlands, Boussoufa chose to represent Morocco and made his international debut against the USA on 23 May 2006.

Boussoufa has represented Morocco at Africa Cup of Nations tournaments; in 2012 & 2017.

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssist
K.A.A. Gent 2004–05 2952300---3252
2005–06 28916411610381117
2006–07 200000200400
Total 591418711810741619
Anderlecht 2006–07 32811720602451013
2007–08 22577326003589
2008–09 351114200201391115
2009–10 3614244121333531829
2010–11 231014303914351121
Total 14848702367364102075887
Anzhi 2011–12 38761000003976
2012–13 2648401142744616
2013–14 400000000400
Total 6811145011427871322
Lokomotiv Moscow 2013–14 21250000002125
2014–15 17143310002045
2015–16 100000000100
Total 393933100042610
K.A.A. Gent 2015–16 11210000001121
Al Jazira 2016–17 2141053241030812
2017–18 16345007013236
Total 3771410321111621118
Career total 3628512648131269818483106157

FIFA Club World Cup

As of 16 December 2017
ClubYearAppsGoalsAssists
Al Jazira 2017401

International

As of 9 September 2018
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 200651
200720
200830
200950
201030
201173
201251
201300
201451
201510
201660
2017131
201890
Total647

International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.'

Honours

Club

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Belgian First Division

Belgian Cup

Belgian Supercup

Lokomotiv Moscow

Russian Cup

Anzhi Makhachkala

Russian Cup

Al Jazira

UAE Arabian Gulf League

Individual

2006, 2010
2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10
2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10
2005/06

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Mbark Boussoufa wins Golden Shoe 2010" Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (Dutch), Sporza, 19 January 2011
  3. ↑ "Boussoufa finalises switch to Anderlecht" Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. by Fahd Chafik, Morocco Times, 7 June 2006, retrieved 11 June 2006
  4. ↑ "Boussoufa: Did Herman drink too much champagne?" (Dutch), Sporza, 27 April 2010
  5. ↑ Мбарк Буссуфа перешел в "Терек". (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Boussoufa moves to Anzhi, not to Grozny" (in Dutch). sporza.be. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Mbark Boussoufa in Loko!" (in Russian). fclm.ru. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ↑ uefa.com (21 May 2015). "Member associations - Russia - News – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Welcome back Mbark!" (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Ten Cate krijgt bij Al-Jazira beschikking over Boussoufa - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  11. ↑ Studios, XS. "Stats - Arabian Gulf League - UAE Pro League Committee". uae.agleague.ae. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Studios, XS. "UAE Pro League Committee". uae.agleague.ae. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
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