Aziz Bouderbala
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 26, 1960 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Morocco | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1977–1984 | Wydad Casablanca | 215 | (58) | |||||||||||
1984–1988 | Sion | 88 | (35) | |||||||||||
1988–1990 | Racing Club Paris | 49 | (15) | |||||||||||
1990–1992 | Lyon | 54 | (19) | |||||||||||
1992–1993 | Estoril | 24 | (8) | |||||||||||
1993–1995 | St. Gallen | 34 | (12) | |||||||||||
Total | 249 | (127) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1979–1992 | Morocco[1] | 57 | (21) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala (Arabic: عبد العزيز الإدريسي بودربالة; born December 26, 1960) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[2]
Career
[edit]Bouderbala started his professional career at Wydad Casablanca, before moving to FC Sion, Matra Racing and French Olympique Lyon. He also played for Estoril-Praia from Portugal.[3] In 1986, Bouderbala was runner-up for the African Footballer of the Year award.
He made 57 appearances for the Morocco national team and played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals.[4]
Bouderbala later worked as a technical director at his first club Wydad Casablanca.
In 2015, he became an ambassador of The SATUC Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.
Career statistics
[edit]- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 June 1980 | Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia | 1–0 | 1-0 | Friendlies |
2 | 22 March 1981 | Fès, Morocco | Liberia | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification |
3 | 3-1 | |||||
4 | 4 April 1981 | Monrovia, Liberia | Liberia | 2–0 | 5-0 | 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification |
5 | 27 September 1981 | Kénitra, Morocco | Tunisia | 1–2 | 2-2 | Friendlies |
6 | 3 October 1982 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Senegal | 1–2 | 1-2 | Friendlies |
7 | 10 April 1983 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mali | 2-0 | 4-0 | African Cup Qualification |
8 | 3-0 | |||||
9 | 15 January 1984 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 3-3 | Friendlies |
10 | 28 July 1985 | Casablanca, Morocco | Egypt | 1–0 | 2-0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) |
11 | 6 October 1985 | Rabat, Morocco | Libya | 3–0 | 3-0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) |
12 | 22 January 1989 | Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia | 1–0 | 1-2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) |
13 | 2 September 1990 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mauritania | 2–0 | 4-0 | African Cup Qualification |
14 | 12 April 1991 | Nouakchott, Mauritania | Mauritania | 1–0 | 2-0 | African Cup Qualification |
Honours
[edit]Wydad
- Moroccan Throne Cup: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1997[6]
- Botola: 1978[7]
- Mohammed V Cup:1979
Fc Sion
Morocco
- 1983 Mediterranean Games Champion: 1983[9]
- 1980 African Cup of Nations: 3rd place[10]
individual
- CAF African Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1986
- African Footballer of the 20th century: 15th place[11]
- African Cup Of Nations best player: 1988
- IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Morocco - Record International Players
- ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 2006-10-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ "Bouderbala (Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ Abdelaziz Bouderbala – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Abdelaziz Bouderbala - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games", Wikipedia, 2021-09-25, retrieved 2021-11-20
- ^ "1980 African Cup of Nations", Wikipedia, 2021-11-05, retrieved 2021-11-20
- ^ "IFFHS' Century Elections". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME MOROCCO DREAM TEAM - 135". IFFHS. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Aziz Bouderbala at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Aziz Bouderbala at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Casablanca
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Wydad AC players
- FC Sion players
- Racing Club de France Football players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Ligue 1 players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Primeira Liga players
- FC St. Gallen players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- 1986 African Cup of Nations players
- 1988 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
- Moroccan emigrants to the United States
- Men's association football midfielders
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Moroccan football midfielder stubs