Mehdi Bourabia

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Mehdi Bourabia
Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Bourabia[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Dijon, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Youth career
Dijon
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)
2018–2022 Sassuolo 64 (3)
2021–2022 → Spezia (loan) 8 (1)
2022–2023 Spezia 37 (1)
2023–2024 Frosinone 10 (0)
2024– Kayserispor 4 (0)
International career‡
2018– Morocco 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018

Mehdi Bourabia (born 7 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Kayserispor. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Early life[edit]

Bourabia was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or.[1] He is Moroccan by descent.[3]

Club career[edit]

He started his career with Grenoble Foot 38[4] 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.[5] On 12 August, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Supercup.[6]

On 11 January 2016, Bourabia signed with Levski Sofia on a three-year deal.[7] On 22 June 2017, he was sold to Turkish club Konyaspor for a fee around 500 000 €.[8]

On 17 July 2018, Bourabia signed with Sassuolo for a fee around €2 million.[9]

On 30 August 2021, Bourabia joined Spezia on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy.[10]

On 1 September 2023, Bourabia moved to Frosinone on a one-year deal.[11]

International career[edit]

Bourabia debuted for the Morocco nation team in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Comoros on 16 October 2018.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 3 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grenoble B 2009–10 National 2 28 3 – – – 28 3
Grenoble 2009–10 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2010–11 Ligue 2 9 1 0 0 – 1[a] 0 10 1
Total 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1
Lille B 2013–14 National 2 18 2 – – – 18 2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2014–15 First League 11 1 4 1 – – 15 2
Cherno More 2015–16 First League 19 3 0 0 2 0 1[b] 1 22 4
Levski Sofia 2015–16 First League 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
2016–17 30 2 2 0 0 0 – 32 2
Total 40 2 2 0 0 0 – 42 2
Konyaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 30 1 2 0 6[c] 1 1[d] 0 39 2
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 32 1 2 0 – – 34 1
2019–20 17 1 2 1 – – 19 2
2020–21 15 1 0 0 – – 15 1
Total 64 3 4 1 – – 68 4
Spezia (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 8 1 1 0 – – 9 1
Spezia 2022–23 Serie A 32 1 1 0 – – 33 1
Total 40 2 2 0 – – 42 2
Career total 261 18 14 2 8 1 3 1 284 22
  1. ^ Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
  2. ^ Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

Honours[edit]

Cherno More

Konyaspor

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Mehdi Bourabia at the Turkish Football Federation
  2. ^ "Mehdi Bourabia". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ Youssef. "Mehdi Bourabia vers la Turquie". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  4. ^ Mehdi Bourabia et son aventure en Bulgarie: «Il faut être fort mentalement pour s'en sortir» francefootball.fr
  5. ^ "Мехди Бурабия с първа тренировка за "моряците"" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 15 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Cherno More Surprisingly Claims Bulgaria's Football Supercup". novinite.com. 13 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Мехди Бурабия подписа с Левски за 3 години" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 11 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "ЛЕВСКИ продаде Бурабия на Коняспор" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Bourabia signed with Sassuolo". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ^ "MEHDI BOURABIA IS A NEW SPEZIA PLAYER". Spezia. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  11. ^ "BOURABIA È GIALLAZZURRO" [BOURABIA IS YELLOW-BLUE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ^ "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.

External links[edit]

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