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Aziz Bouderbala

Bouderbala in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala
Date of birth	(1960-12-26) December 26, 1960 (age 64)
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	57	(14)
Medal record Representing  Morocco Africa Cup of Nations 1980 Nigeria
*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.

Career

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. 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.

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

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

List of international goals scored by Aziz Bouderbala

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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

Wydad

• Moroccan Throne Cup: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1997
• Botola: 1978
• Mohammed V Cup:1979

Fc Sion

• Swiss Cup:1986

Morocco

• 1983 Mediterranean Games Champion: 1983
• 1980 African Cup of Nations: 3rd place

individual

• CAF African Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1986
• African Footballer of the 20th century: 15th place
• African Cup Of Nations best player: 1988
• IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team

References

1. Morocco - Record International Players
2. "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.
3. "Bouderbala (Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
4. Abdelaziz Bouderbala – FIFA competition record (archived)
5. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
6. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
7. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
8. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Abdelaziz Bouderbala". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
9. "Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games", Misplaced Pages, 2021-09-25, retrieved 2021-11-20
10. "1980 African Cup of Nations", Misplaced Pages, 2021-11-05, retrieved 2021-11-20
11. "IFFHS' Century Elections". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
12. "IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME MOROCCO DREAM TEAM - 135". IFFHS. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

External links

• Aziz Bouderbala at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Aziz Bouderbala at National-Football-Teams.com

Morocco squads

v t e Morocco squad – 1986 African Cup of Nations fourth place GK Zaki GK Hmied DF Bouyahyaoui DF El Biyaz DF Khalifa DF Lamriss DF Ouadani MF Bouderbala MF Dolmy MF Mo. El Haddaoui MF Mu. El Haddaoui MF Jebrane MF Sahil MF Souleimani FW Khairi FW Labied FW Merry FW Rhiati DF Bidane FW Fadhili FW Yakdani Coach: Mehdi Faria v t e Morocco squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zaki (c) 2 Khalifa 3 Lamriss 4 El Biyaz 5 Bouyahyaoui 6 Dolmy 7 Mu. El Haddaoui 8 Bouderbala 9 A. Merry 10 Timoumi 11 M. Merry 12 Hmied 13 Rhiati 14 Ouadani 15 Mo. El Haddaoui 16 Amanallah 17 Khairi 18 Sahil 19 Jilal 20 Bidane 21 Souleimani 22 Mouddani Coach: Mehdi Faria v t e Morocco squad – 1988 African Cup of Nations fourth place 1 Zaki (c) 2 El Maataoui 3 Lamriss 4 El Biyaz 6 Dolmy 7 El Haddaoui 8 Bouderbala 9 Merry 10 Timoumi 12 Kiddi 13 Jabrane 14 Ouadani 15 Mouahid 16 El Gharef 17 Khairi 18 Benabicha 19 Fadil 20 Nader 21 Hamraoui 22 Azmi Coach: Mehdi Faria v t e Morocco squad – 1992 African Cup of Nations GK Azmi GK El Brazi GK Zaki DF Abrami DF Azzouzi DF Bouhlal DF Bouyboud DF El Khalej DF Jilal DF Naybet MF Bouderbala MF Chaouch MF Daoudi MF Dmiai MF Mouloud MF El Mrabet MF Raghib FW Laghrissi FW Nader FW Ouzougate FW Rajhi FW Rokbi Coach: Olk

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