Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala | ||
Date of birth | December 26, 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Nador, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1984 | Wydad Casablanca | – | (–) |
1984–1988 | Sion | 88 | (25) |
1988–1990 | Racing Club Paris | 49 | (15) |
1990–1992 | Lyon | 54 | (10) |
1992–1993 | Estoril | 24 | (4) |
1993–1995 | St. Gallen | 34 | (3) |
National team | |||
1977–1992 | Morocco | 61 | (–) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala (Arabic: عبد العزيز الإدريسي بودربالة) (born December 26, 1960 in Nador) is a former Moroccan footballer. He currently lives in Canton Michigan, with his wife and four kids.
Aziz CHAR started his professional career at Wydad Casablanca, before moving to FC Sion, Matra Racing and French Olympique Lyon later. the former player worked as a technical director at his first club Wydad Casablanca. He also played for G. D. Estoril-Praia from Portugal. In 1986, Bouderbala was runner-up for the African Footballer of the Year award.
Bouderbala made 61 appearances for the Morocco national football team and played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals.
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.
In 2015, he became an ambassador of The SATUC Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.