Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala (; born December 26, 1960) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a

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. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

Career

Bouderbala started his professional career at

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football ...

, before moving to

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and French Olympique Lyon. He also played for Estoril-Praia from Portugal. In 1986, Bouderbala was runner-up for the

African Footballer of the Year The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African association football, footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992. Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Touré have won the award the ...

award. He made 57 appearances for the Morocco national team and played at the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

finals. Bouderbala later worked as a technical director at his first club

. 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

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal''.

Honours

Wydad *

Moroccan Throne Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () is a knockout football tournament in Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to win this cup was Mouloudia Oujda. Since the inception of the cup, the sy ...

: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1997 *

Botola The Botola Pro (), officially known as the Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Prof ...

: 1978 *

Mohammed V Cup The Mohammed V Cup, also known as International Mohammed-V Cup, was an international association football, football tournament in the Kingdom of Morocco held in the cities of Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech. The trophy was named after Mohammed ...

:1979 Fc Sion *

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...

:1986 Morocco *

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, where 2,192 athletes (1,845 men and 347 women) from 16 coun ...

Champion:

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1980 African Cup of Nations The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its ...

: 3rd place individual * CAF African Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1986 * African Footballer of the 20th century: 15th place *

African Cup Of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

best player:

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All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team

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* * 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 20th-century Moroccan sportsmen {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub