Mehdi Bourabia

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Mehdi Bourabia
FC Salzburg versus Konyaspor (2. November 2017) 26.jpg
Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Bourabia[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 30)[1]
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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
  2. ^ Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
  3. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

Honours[]

Cherno More

Konyaspor

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mehdi̇ Bourabia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ Mehdi Bourabia et son aventure en Bulgarie: «Il faut être fort mentalement pour s'en sortir» francefootball.fr
  3. ^ "Мехди Бурабия с първа тренировка за "моряците"" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Cherno More Surprisingly Claims Bulgaria's Football Supercup". novinite.com. 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Мехди Бурабия подписа с Левски за 3 години" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 11 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "ЛЕВСКИ продаде Бурабия на Коняспор" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Bourabia signed with Sassuolo". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. ^ Youssef. "Mehdi Bourabia vers la Turquie". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  9. ^ "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.

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