Mehdi Bourabia
![]() Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehdi Bourabia[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 August 1991||
Place of birth | Dijon, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Spezia (on loan from Sassuolo) | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Dijon | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Grenoble B | 28 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Grenoble | 11 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Lille B | 18 | (2) |
2015 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 | (1) |
2015 | Cherno More | 19 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Levski Sofia | 40 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Konyaspor | 30 | (1) |
2018– | Sassuolo | 64 | (3) |
2021– | → Spezia (loan) | 5 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Morocco | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2018 |
Mehdi Bourabia (born 7 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Spezia, on loan from Sassuolo. Born in France, he represents the Morocco national team.
Club career[]
Bourabia was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or.[1] He started his career with Grenoble Foot 38[2] and made his professional debut for the club on 7 November 2009 in a Ligue 1 game against Monaco.
In June 2015, Bourabia signed a two-year contract with Cherno More Varna.[3] On 12 August, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Supercup.[4]
On 11 January 2016, Bourabia signed with Levski Sofia on a three-year deal.[5] On 22 June 2017, he was sold to Turkish club Konyaspor for a fee around 500 000 €.[6]
On 17 July 2018, Bourabia signed with Sassuolo for a fee around €2 million.[7]
International career[]
Bourabia was born in France and is of Moroccan descent.[8] He debuted for the Morocco national football team in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Comoros on 16 October 2018.[9]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 22 September 2021
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Grenoble B | 2009–10 | National 2 | 28 | 3 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||
Grenoble | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
Lille B | 2013–14 | National 2 | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2014–15 | First League | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
Cherno More | 2015–16 | First League | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 22 | 4 | |
Levski Sofia | 2015–16 | First League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | ||||
Total | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
Konyaspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
Sassuolo | 2018–19 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||||
2020–21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||||
Total | 64 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4 | |||
Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
Career total | 225 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 246 | 21 |
- ^ Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
- ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
Honours[]
Cherno More
Konyaspor
References[]
- ^ a b c "Mehdi̇ Bourabia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Mehdi Bourabia et son aventure en Bulgarie: «Il faut être fort mentalement pour s'en sortir» francefootball.fr
- ^ "Мехди Бурабия с първа тренировка за "моряците"" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Cherno More Surprisingly Claims Bulgaria's Football Supercup". novinite.com. 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Мехди Бурабия подписа с Левски за 3 години" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 11 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ЛЕВСКИ продаде Бурабия на Коняспор" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Bourabia signed with Sassuolo". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Youssef. "Mehdi Bourabia vers la Turquie". lionsdelatlas.ma.
- ^ "Marocco-Isole Comore 1-0: panchina per Bourabia - Sassuolonews.net". 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
External links[]
- Mehdi Bourabia at Soccerway
- Profile at Foot-National
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dijon
- Citizens of Morocco through descent
- Association football midfielders
- Moroccan footballers
- French footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French people of Moroccan descent
- Ligue 1 players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Süper Lig players
- Serie A players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Konyaspor footballers
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
- Spezia Calcio players
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey