Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala ( ar, 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.

Career

Bouderbala started his professional career at Wydad Casablanca, before moving to FC Sion, Matra Racing and French

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. He also played for Estoril-Praia from Portugal. 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

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finals. 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.

Personal life

He lives in

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, with his wife and four kids.

Career statistics

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

Honours

Wydad * Moroccan Throne Cup: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1997 *

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: 1978 *

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:1979 Fc Sion *

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:1986 Morocco *

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), 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, ...

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 ...

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

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best player:

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* IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team

References

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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 {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub