Mehdi Bourabia (born 7 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Kayserispor. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.
_26.jpg) Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehdi Bourabia[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dijon, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kayserispor | ||
| 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) |
| 2018–2022 | Sassuolo | 64 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → Spezia (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Spezia | 37 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Frosinone | 10 | (0) |
| 2024– | Kayserispor | 18 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Morocco | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018 | |||
Early life
editBourabia was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or.[1] He is Moroccan by descent.[3]
Club career
editHe started his career with Grenoble Foot 38[4] 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.[5] On 12 August, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Supercup.[6]
On 11 January 2016, Bourabia signed with Levski Sofia on a three-year deal.[7] On 22 June 2017, he was sold to Turkish club Konyaspor for a fee around 500 000 €.[8]
On 17 July 2018, Bourabia signed with Sassuolo for a fee around €2 million.[9]
On 30 August 2021, Bourabia joined Spezia on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy.[10]
On 1 September 2023, Bourabia moved to Frosinone on a one-year deal.[11]
International career
editBourabia debuted for the Morocco nation team in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Comoros on 16 October 2018.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 3 May 2023
| Club | Season | League | National 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 | – | 42 | 2 | ||||
| Konyaspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 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 | – | – | 68 | 4 | |||||
| Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| Spezia | 2022–23 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 261 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 284 | 22 | |||
- ^ Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
Honours
editCherno More
Konyaspor
References
edit- ^ a b c Mehdi Bourabia at the Turkish Football Federation
- ^ "Mehdi Bourabia". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Youssef. "Mehdi Bourabia vers la Turquie". lionsdelatlas.ma.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "MEHDI BOURABIA IS A NEW SPEZIA PLAYER". Spezia. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "BOURABIA È GIALLAZZURRO" [BOURABIA IS YELLOW-BLUE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "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
edit- Mehdi Bourabia at Soccerway
- Profile at Foot-National
