Mehdi Bourabia

Mehdi Bourabia (born 7 August 1991) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sassuolo in the Serie A.

Mehdi Bourabia
Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Bourabia[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991[1]
Place of birth Dijon, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 68
Youth career
Dijon FCO
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– Sassuolo 49 (2)
National team‡
2018– Morocco 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:04, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2018

Club career

Bourabia was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or.[1] He started his career with Grenoble Foot 38[2] 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.[3] On 12 August, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Supercup.[4]

On 11 January 2016, Bourabia signed with Levski Sofia on a three-year deal.[5] On 22 June 2017, he was sold to Turkish club Konyaspor for a fee around 500 000 €.[6]

On 17 July 2018, Bourabia signed with Sassuolo for a fee around €2 million.[7]

International career

Bourabia was born in France and is of Moroccan descent.[8] He debuted for the Morocco national football team in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Comoros on 16 October 2018.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 September 2020
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FranceLeagueCoupe de FranceEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Grenoble B 2009–10 National 2 283–––283
Total 283000000283
Grenoble 2009–10 Ligue 1 2000––20
2010–11 Ligue 2 9100–10101
Total 111000010121
Lille B 2013–14 National 2 182–––182
Total 182000000182
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 2]Total
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2014–15 First League 11141––152
Total 111410000152
Cherno More 2015–16 First League 193002011224
Total 193002011224
Levski Sofia 2015–16 First League 10000––100
2016–17 3022000–322
Total 402200000422
TurkeyLeagueTurkish CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 3]Total
Konyaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 301206110392
Total 301206110392
ItalyLeagueCoppa ItaliaEuropeOtherTotal
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 32120––341
2019–20 17121––192
2020–21 1100––11
Total 503410000544
Career statistics20716122813122820
  1. Includes Coupe de la Ligue matches.
  2. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
  3. Includes Turkish Super Cup matches.

Honours

Cherno More

Konyaspor

  • Turkish Supercup: 2017

References
  1. "Mehdi̇ Bourabia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. Mehdi Bourabia et son aventure en Bulgarie: «Il faut être fort mentalement pour s'en sortir» francefootball.fr
  3. "Мехди Бурабия с първа тренировка за "моряците"" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 15 June 2015.
  4. "Cherno More Surprisingly Claims Bulgaria's Football Supercup". novinite.com. 13 August 2015.
  5. "Мехди Бурабия подписа с Левски за 3 години" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 11 January 2016.
  6. "ЛЕВСКИ продаде Бурабия на Коняспор" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 June 2017.
  7. "Bourabia signed with Sassuolo". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. Youssef. "Mehdi Bourabia vers la Turquie". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  9. "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.
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