Rafik Bouderbal (born 19 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championnat National 3 club Sète.

Rafik Bouderbal
Bouderbal with USM Alger in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Sète
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2007 Saint-Priest
2007–2009 Lorient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Lorient 0 (0)
2009–2010ES Sétif (loan) 8 (1)
2011–2013 Lyon Duchère 32 (5)
2013 Beauvais 3 (0)
2013–2014 Bourg-Péronnas 24 (1)
2014–2015 RC Arbaâ 17 (0)
2015–2016 Lyon Duchère 25 (3)
2016–2019 USM Alger 40 (2)
2019–2020 Lyon Duchère 24 (2)
2020– Sète 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Personal life

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Rafik Bouderbal was born in Lyon. His family is originally from the Bab Ezzouar district of Algiers.[1] He holds both French and Algerian nationalities.[2]

Club career

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On 20 January 2009, Bouderbal signed a two and a half year professional contract with Lorient.[3]

ES Sétif

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On 30 September 2009, Bouderbal was loaned out to Algerian club ES Sétif until the end of the season.[4] On 6 November 2009, he made his league debut for ES Sétif in a league game against USM El Harrach, coming as a substitute in the 55th minute.[5] On 25 December 2009, he scored his first goal for the club in a cup game against US Doucen.[6] Bouderbal made a total of 8 league appearances, scoring 1 goal, during his loan period with the club.

Lyon-Duchère (Sporting Club Lyon)

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Bouderbal moved to AS Lyon-Duchère in 2011, the first of three spells at the club encompassing five seasons (2011–13, 2015–16 and 2019–20, when the team had rebranded as Sporting Club Lyon).[7] He made 81 league appearances for the club in total.

Beauvais and Bourg-en-Bresse

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Bouderbal's first spell with Lyon-Duchère ended in January 2013, when he left the club to sign for fellow Championnat de France Amateur club AS Beauvais Oise.[8] At the end of the season he moved to FC Bourg-Péronnas, who were reprieved from relegation, giving him another opportunity to play in Championnat National.[9]

RC Arbaâ

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Bouderbal spent a second spell in Algeria, with RC Arbaâ, in 2014–15, but left early due to a financial dispute, returning to France after negotiations to join MC Alger broke down.[10] Back in France, he returned to Lyon-Duchère.

USM Alger

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Bouderbal joined USM Alger in the summer of 2016, at the end of his second Lyon-Duchère spell. By February 2017 he was allowed to leave due to family problems.[11] He returned to the club in December 2017.[12] He finally ended his time with USM Alger in June 2019, returning to Lyon-Duchère.[13]

FC Sète 34

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In July 2020, Bouderbal signed for FC Sète 34, newly promoted to Championnat National.[14]

Personal life

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Honours

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Club

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USM Alger

References

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  1. ^ "Découverte : Interview Rafik Bouderbal (FC Lorient) | Football algérien". Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Rafik BOUDERBAL -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Rafik Bouderbal signe pro pour 2 ans et demi". www.fclweb.fr. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Bouderbal prêté à Setif (Algérie) – FCLorient.net – LE site non officiel sur le FC Lorient Football Club FCL". www.fclorient.net (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Fiche de Match". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Fiche de Match". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ^ "National 1 : Rafik Bouderbal de retour à la Duchère" (in French). Le Progrès. 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Beauvais, Chambly, Compiègne : à chacun sa solution" (in French). Le Parisien. 2 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Bourg-Péronnas : Une recrue arrive de Beauvais (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 5 July 2013.
  10. ^ "MCA : Bouderbal dit non au Mouloudia" (in French). Le Buteur. 25 June 2015.
  11. ^ "USMA / Bouderbal insiste pour partir" (in French). Le Buteur. 6 February 2017.
  12. ^ "USMA : Haddad veut récupérer Bouderbal" (in French). compétition.dz. 22 December 2017.
  13. ^ "USMA : Bouderbal signe à Lyon Duchère" (in French). dzfoot.com. 7 June 2019.
  14. ^ "National. Rafik Bouderbal, un milieu d'expérience pour le FC Sète 34" (in French). foot-national.com. 4 July 2020.
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