Mbark Boussoufa

Personal information
Mbark Boussoufa
Full name	Moubarak Boussoufa
Date of birth	15 August 1984
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1,67 m
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	11
Youth clubs
1996-2001 2001-2004	AFC Ajax Chelsea
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2004-2006 2006-	Gent Anderlecht	57 (14)
National team**
2006-	Morocco	4 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 7, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of September 4, 2006.

Mbark (Moubarak) Boussoufa (Arabic: مُبارك بوصوفا‎) is a Dutch-born Moroccan football player for R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Born 15 August 1984 in Amsterdam, the attacking midfielder started off at the youth academy of AFC Ajax before joining Chelsea. He spent the 2005/06 season with K.A.A. Gent, winning several prizes in 2006: Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe. He is only the second player from a North African country to win the Ebony Shoe, after Ahmed Hossam.

Boussoufa had the choice of playing with the Dutch national team, but chose Morocco and played his first match for the Moroccan national team against USA on 23 May 2006.

In June 2006 Boussoufa signed a 4-year contract with R.S.C. Anderlecht in a 3,5 million euro transfer.

Preceded by: Vincent Kompany	Belgian Footballer of the Year 2006	Succeeded by: not selected yet
Preceded by: Vincent Kompany	Belgian Young Footballer of the Year 2006	Succeeded by: not selected yet
Preceded by: Vincent Kompany	Belgian Ebony Shoe 2006	Succeeded by: not selected yet

[edit] External links

"Boussoufa finalises switch to Anderlecht" by Fahd Chafik, Morocco Times, June 7, 2006, retrieved June 11, 2006
Career history at National Football Teams

R.S.C. Anderlecht - Current Squad
1 Zítka \| 3 Deschacht \| 4 Vanderhaeghe \| 5 Biglia \| 6 Van Damme \| 7 Tchité \| 8 Leiva \| 9 Mpenza \| 10 Hassan \| 11 Boussoufa \| 13 Proto \| 14 Goor \| 17 Mbokani \| 18 Allagui \| 22 Schollen \| 23 Juhász \| 24 Akın \| 25 Van Steenberghe \| 26 Pareja \| 29 Frutos \| 31 De Man \| 36 Legear \| 37 Vanden Borre \| 38 Lamah \| 39 Odjidja-Ofoe \| 41 Tiote \| 42 Siani \| Manager: Vercauteren