Mbark Boussoufa

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Mbark Boussoufa
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Personal information
Full name Moubarak Boussoufa
Date of birth (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Left winger
Youth career
1994–1995 Middenmeer
1995–1996 Fortius
1996–2001 Ajax
2001–2004 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 K.A.A. Gent 59 (14)
2006–2011 Anderlecht 148 (48)
2011–2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 68 (11)
2013–2016 Lokomotiv Moscow 39 (3)
2016 → K.A.A. Gent (loan) 11 (2)
International career‡
2006– Morocco 38 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2012

Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa (Arabic: مُبارك بوصوفا‎‎, born 15 August 1984) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Moroccan national team. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010.[1]

Early career

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. He is the second player from a North African country to win the Ebony Shoe, after Mido.

Club career

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Boussoufa with Anzhi Makhachkala

In June 2006, Boussoufa signed a 4-year contract with R.S.C. Anderlecht after a €3.5 million transfer.[2] 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 20 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.[3] He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010.[1]

On 7 March 2011, Russian side FC Terek Grozny announced his signing,[4] but his transfer fell through three days later. According to Terek's VP Khaidar Alkhanov, Boussoufa requested unacceptable conditions in his personal contract, even though Anderlecht had agreed to sell him.[5] In the late evening of 10 March, it was announced that the transfer to Terek Grozny had collapsed and that Boussoufa had signed for another Russian team, Anzhi Makhachkala.[6]

On 16 August 2013 he signed a 3-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[7]

On 1 February 2016 he returned to K.A.A. Gent on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow.[8]

International career

Boussoufa has a Dutch passport and as such would have been eligible to play for the Dutch national team if selected, but chose Morocco and played his first match for the Moroccan national team against the USA on 23 May 2006.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 March 2016
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assist Apps Goals Assist Apps Goals Assist Apps Goals Assist
KAA Gent 2004–05 29 5 2 3 0 0 - - - 32 5 2
2005–06 28 9 16 4 1 1 6 1 0 38 11 17
2006–07 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
Total 59 14 18 7 1 1 8 1 0 74 16 19
Anderlecht 2006–07 32 8 11 7 2 0 6 0 2 45 10 13
2007–08 22 5 7 7 3 2 6 0 0 35 8 9
2008–09 35 11 14 2 0 0 2 0 1 39 11 15
2009–10 36 14 24 4 1 2 13 3 3 53 18 29
2010–11 23 10 14 3 0 3 9 1 4 35 11 21
Total 148 48 70 23 6 7 36 4 10 207 58 87
Anzhi 2011–12 38 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 7 6
2012–13 26 4 8 4 0 1 14 2 7 44 6 16
2013–14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Total 68 11 14 5 0 1 14 2 7 87 13 22
Lokomotiv Moscow 2013–14 21 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 5
2014–15 17 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 20 4 5
2015–16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 39 3 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 42 6 10
KAA Gent 2015–16 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1
Total 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1
Career total 325 78 112 38 10 10 58 7 17 421 95 139

International goals

Honours

Club

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Belgian First Division

Belgian Cup

Belgian Supercup

Lokomotiv Moscow

Individual

2006, 2010
2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2009–2010
2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2009–2010
2005–2006
2008–2009: 11 goals
2009–2010: 24 assists

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mbark Boussoufa wins Golden Shoe 2010" (Dutch), Sporza, 19 January 2011
  2. ↑ "Boussoufa finalises switch to Anderlecht" by Fahd Chafik, Morocco Times, 7 June 2006, retrieved 11 June 2006
  3. ↑ "Boussoufa: Did Herman drink too much champagne?" (Dutch), Sporza, 27 April 2010
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