Mbark Boussoufa

Mbark Boussoufa is one of my favourite kinds of footballer: small, two-footed magic in a league of giants. Born in Amsterdam, he chose Morocco, his roots, and gave the national team 70 caps over more than a decade. At 167 cm he carved out space the way only the truly gifted can, winning the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2006, 2009 and 2010, an extraordinary hat-trick that marks him as the most luminous import of his era there. I am always drawn to players who win with feet rather than physique, and Boussoufa's quick, low-slung artistry is exactly that.

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Name (English)

Mbark Boussoufa

Name (Japanese)

ムバラク・ブスファ

Reading

むばらく・ぶすふぁ

Born

August 15, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Height

167 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Belgian Golden Shoe

• Official sitehttps://boussoufa.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbark%20Boussoufa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570109

Tags

• North Holland
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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