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Mbark Boussoufa
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13 / Morocco · 2006–2019

Mbark Boussoufa

CM box-to-box
Caps · Morocco
70
Goals · Morocco
8
Life
1984
Clubs
KAA Gent, R.S.C. Anderlecht, FC Anzhi Makhachkala
#13
Editorial rank of 33 for Morocco
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

A 2020 poll of Belgian football named him the best African player their league has ever had, fair reward for four seasons in which Anderlecht's attack ran through him. Career record: 70 caps and 8 goals for Morocco; club career at KAA Gent, R.S.C. Anderlecht, FC Anzhi Makhachkala.

Career sourcesCareer dates · checked 4 October 2026
Identity and career · Wikidata Q570109
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Career record

2003–2004Chelsea
2004–2006KAA Gent
2006–2011R.S.C. Anderlecht
2011–2013FC Anzhi Makhachkala
2013–2016FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2016–2016KAA Gent
2016–2018Al Jazira Club
2019–2019Al-Shabab Football Club
2019–2020Al-Sailiya Sports Club
—AFC Ajax
Morocco70 caps, 8 goals

Sources

Shared the era

Morocco legends whose careers overlapped Boussoufa's

The world's great CMs

Around Boussoufa in the almanac

One rank above: Medhi Benatia at #12.

One rank below: Noussair Mazraoui at #14.

Morocco's editorial top five: Achraf Hakimi · Larbi Benbarek · Ahmed Faras · Badou Zaki · Hakim Ziyech.

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