Mubarak Boussoufa, whose photo is presented in the article, is a Moroccan professional footballer playing as an attacking midfielder in the Al Jazeera club (UAE) and the national team of Morocco. He has dual citizenship - Moroccan and Dutch. During his career, he performed at clubs such as Gent, Anderlecht, Anji and Lokomotiv. The growth of a football player is 167 centimeters, weight - 58 kilograms. It has high speed and phenomenal dribbling.
Achievements
Among the sports achievements of a football player at the club level, the following can be distinguished:
- at Anderlecht - two-time champion of the Belgian Championship (seasons 2007 and 2010), winner of the Belgian Cup 2008, two-time winner of the Belgian Super Cup (in 2007 and 2010);
- in “Anji” - bronze medalist of the Premier League in the season 2012/2013, silver medalist of the Russian Cup 2013;
- in Lokomotiv - bronze medalist of the Premier League in the season 2013/2014, winner of the Russian Cup 2015.
Among the personal awards are the following:
- two-time “footballer of the season” in Belgium;
- three-time holder of the title "best footballer of Belgium";
- the most talented young player of the Belgian championship;
- leader of the Belgian championship in the number of assists in the 2009/2010 season (19 assists);
- in the 2011/2012 season, he was included in the list of 33 top RFPL players (3rd place).
Biography
Mubarak Bussufa was born on August 15 in 1984 in Amsterdam (Netherlands). From the age of twelve he began to play at the Ajax youth academy in Amsterdam. Previously played for Dutch youth teams such as Middenmere and Fortius (1994-1996). In 2001, he joined the London Chelsea Youth Academy, where he played until 2004.
Gent
Mubarak Bussuf's professional career began in the Belgian Gent, in which he performed from 2004 to 2006. Here, the Moroccan midfielder played 59 matches and scored 14 goals.
Career at Anderlecht
In June 2006, Bussufa signed a contract for 4 years with the Belgian Anderlecht. The amount of the transfer transaction amounted to 3.5 million euros. In his debut season for the “Purple and White” he played in 45 matches in all possible tournaments and scored 10 goals (plus 13 assists). In the next four seasons he was a non-replaceable base player. It was in Anderlecht that midfielder Mubarak Bussufa became a wealthy and authoritative footballer. Here he won many trophies and awards, both personal and team. In total, he played 207 matches for the Purple-White, where he scored 58 goals and 87 assists.
Career in the Russian Premier League
On March 7, 2011, the Russian club Terek Grozny (now Akhmat) announced that it intended to sign a contract with the Moroccan midfielder, but after three days the negotiations were interrupted. According to the vice president of Terek, Khaidar Alkhanov, the Moroccan footballer put forward unacceptable conditions in his personal contract. In the late evening of March 10, it became known that Mubarak Bussufa had signed an agreement with another Russian club, Anji Makhachkala.
As part of the “Makhachkala residents” he played for two seasons (from 2011 to 2013). During this time he took part in 87 matches, in which he scored 13 goals and scored 22 assists. Speaking for “Anji”, he was included in the list of 33 best top-players of the Premier League for the 2011/2012 season (3rd place in the list).
On August 16, 2014, Mubarak Bussufa signed a 3-year contract with Lokomotiv. The deal amounted to 15 million euros. This figure was a record in the transfer history of Lokomotiv.
The debut goal for the “red-green” scored on September 1 at the gate of St. Petersburg “Zenith” from the penalty spot. In the summer of 2015, Anderlecht intended to redeem its former player, but the deal fell through due to disagreement between the parties. The Russian club requested 4 million euros for the midfielder, while the football player himself requested a salary of 2 million euros per year. Such conditions were not accepted by the Belgian club.
In general, he played for the “locomotive” from 2013 to 2016, held 42 matches, in which he scored six goals and ten assistants.
On February 1, 2016 he returned to the Belgian Ghent, where he spent half a season on loan (he played 11 matches and scored 2 goals). July 28, 2016 signed a contract for 2 years with a club from the UAE Al-Jazeera.
Performances at the international level
Mubarak Bussufa has a Dutch and Moroccan passport. At one time, the football player had a choice of which country to represent internationally. The midfielder had a good opportunity to play for the Netherlands national team, but chose Morocco, for which he began to play since 2006.
The debut for the national team took place on May 23, 2006 in a match against the USA. Mubarak Bussoufa represented Morocco at the African Cup of Nations tournaments in 2012 and 2017. In total, he played 48 matches for the national team, in which he scored 6 times.