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.

Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa (Berber languages:ⵎⴱⴰⵔⴽ ⴱⵓⵙⵙⵓⴼⴰ, Arabic: مُبارك بوصوفة; born 15 August 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2006, 2009, and 2010. Born in the Netherlands, he played for the Morocco national team from 2006 to 2019 making 70 appearances and scoring eight goals.

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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 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Blood type

Private

Height

167 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Belgian Golden Shoe

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://boussoufa.com/
• 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

Tags

• North Holland
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.