Aziz Bouderbala

Aziz Bouderbala
Personal information
Full name	Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala
Date of birth	December 26, 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1984	Wydad Casablanca
1984–1988	Sion
1988–1990	Racing Club Paris
1990–1992	Lyon
1992–1993	Estoril
1993–1995	St. Gallen
International career
1977–1992	Morocco
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala (Template:Lang-ar) (born December 26, 1960 in Casablanca) is a former Moroccan footballer. He currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and four kids.

Career

Aziz Bouderbala started his professional career at Wydad Casablanca, before moving to FC Sion, Matra Racing and French Olympique Lyon later. the former player worked as a technical director at his first club Wydad Casablanca. He also played for G. D. Estoril-Praia from Portugal.^[1] In 1986, Bouderbala was runner-up for the African Footballer of the Year award.

Bouderbala made 61 appearances for the Morocco national football team and played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals.^[2]

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[3]

In 2015 he became an ambassador of The SATUC Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.

^ "Bouderbala (Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
^ Abdelaziz Bouderbala – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-28.

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