Mansour Boutabout

Mansour Boutabout

Personal information
Date of birth	September 20, 1978 (1978-09-20)
Place of birth	Le Creusot, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	AS Excelsior
Number	TBA
Youth career
	FC Gueugnon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996-2002	FC Gueugnon	14	(0)
2002-2003	FC Sète	31	(16)
2003-2004	FC Gueugnon	35	(12)
2004-2005	Le Mans UC 72	24	(1)
2005	FC Gueugnon	1	(1)
2005-2006	→ CS Sedan (loan)	36	(12)
2006-2008	CS Sedan	51	(8)
2008	Angers SCO	8	(0)
2008-2009	KV Kortrijk	2	(0)
2010	USM Blida	3	(0)
2011–	Excelsior	0	(0)
National team‡
2003-2008	Algeria	22	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 18 March 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Mansour Boutabout (Arabic: منصور بوتابوت‎) (born September 20, 1978 in Le Creusot) is an Algerian international football player who is currently playing for AS Excelsior in the Réunion Premier League.

Club career

In February 2010 USM Blida signed the forward from Belgian club KV Kortrijk. He was last known to be training with current Scottish Premier League champions Rangers F.C..

On March 14, 2011, it was announced that Boutabout had joined Réunion-club AS Excelsior.

International career

Boutabout received his first call-up to the Algerian National Team for a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Niger on October 11, 2003. He started the game and scored its only goal in the 62nd minute. A month later, he scored another two goals in the 6-0 win in the return leg against Niger.

Boutabout was subsequently called up to be part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup in Tunisia where he started 3 games in the competition without scoring a goal before the team lost in the quarter-finals to Morocco.

Boutabout's last cap came on March 26, 2008, in a friendly against DR Congo.

National team statistics

Algeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	2	3
2004	7	0
2005	6	3
2006	4	0
2007	2	0
2008	1	0
Total	22	6

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2003	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niger	Niger	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
2	14 November 2003	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers	Niger	3–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
3				5–0
4	27 March 2005	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran	Rwanda	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
5	5 June 2005	Estádio da Cidadela, Angola	Angola	1–2	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
6	4 September 2005	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran	Nigeria	2–2	2–5	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

External links

• Career Stats at lfp.fr
• Player Profile at DZFoot.com