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{{short description|Moroccan footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aziz Bouderbala
| image = Aziz Bouderbala, Lalla plus - Feb 12, 2018.jpg
| caption = Bouderbala in 2018
| full_name = Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|26}}
| birth_place = Morocco
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = 1977–1984
| clubs1 = [[Wydad Casablanca]]
| caps1 = 215
| goals1 = 58
| years2 = 1984–1988
| clubs2 = [[FC Sion|Sion]]
| caps2 = 88
| goals2 = 35
| years3 = 1988–1990
| clubs3 = [[Racing Levallois 92|Racing Club Paris]]
| caps3 = 49
| goals3 = 15
| years4 = 1990–1992
| clubs4 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
| caps4 = 54
| goals4 = 19
| years5 = 1992–1993
| clubs5 = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]]
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 1993–1995
| clubs6 = [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]
| caps6 = 34
| goals6 = 12
| totalcaps = 249
| totalgoals = 127
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1992
| nationalteam1 = [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/maro-recintlp.html Morocco - Record International Players]</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 57
| nationalgoals1 = 14
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|MAR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{medal|3rd|[[1980 Africa Cup of Nations|1980 Nigeria]]|}}
}}

'''Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala''' ({{langx|ar|عبد العزيز الإدريسي بودربالة}}; born December 26, 1960) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a [[midfielder]]. In 2006, he was selected by [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Le Matin |title=Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice |url=http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=114&id=70173 |language=French |date=2006-10-13 |accessdate=2009-08-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055322/http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=114&id=70173 |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}</ref>

==Career==
Bouderbala started his professional career at [[Wydad Casablanca]], before moving to [[FC Sion]], [[Matra Racing]] and French [[Olympique Lyonnais|Olympique Lyon]]. He also played for [[G. D. Estoril-Praia|Estoril-Praia]] from Portugal.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fora de Jogo|title=Bouderbala (Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala)|url=https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=196012260001|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref> In 1986, Bouderbala was runner-up for the [[African Footballer of the Year]] award.

He made 57 appearances for the [[Morocco national football team|Morocco national team]] and played at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] finals.<ref>{{FIFA player|46850|Abdelaziz Bouderbala}}</ref>

Bouderbala later worked as a technical director at his first club [[Wydad Casablanca]].

In 2015, he became an ambassador of [[The SATUC Cup]], a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Aziz Bouderbala<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abdelaziz Bouderbala - International Appearances|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/maro-bouderbala-intl.html|access-date=2021-11-20|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| align="center" | 1
|{{dts|8 June 1980}}
|[[Tunis]], Tunisia
|{{fb|TUN}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1-0
|[[Friendlies]]
|-
| align="center" | 2
|rowspan=2|{{dts|22 March 1981}}
|rowspan=2|[[Fès]], Morocco
|rowspan=2|{{fb|LBR}}
|align="center" |2-1
|align="center" rowspan=2|3-1
|rowspan=2|[[1982 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" |3-1
|-
| align="center" | 4
|{{dts|4 April 1981}}
|[[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|LBR}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |5-0
|[[1982 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center" | 5
|{{dts|27 September 1981}}
|[[Kénitra]], Morocco
|{{fb|TUN}}
| align="center" |1–2
| align="center" |2-2
|[[Friendlies]]
|-
| align="center" | 6
|{{dts|3 October 1982}}
|[[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia
|{{fb|SEN}}
| align="center" |1–2
| align="center" |1-2
|[[Friendlies]]
|-
| align="center" | 7
|rowspan=2|{{dts|10 April 1983}}
|rowspan=2|[[Casablanca]], Morocco
|rowspan=2|{{fb|MLI}}
| align="center" |2-0
| align="center" rowspan=2|4-0
|rowspan=2|African Cup Qualification
|-
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" |3-0
|-
| align="center" | 9
|{{dts|15 January 1984}}
|[[Abidjan]], Ivory Coast
|{{fb|CIV}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |3-3
|[[Friendlies]]
|-
| align="center" | 10
|{{dts|28 July 1985}}
|[[Casablanca]], Morocco
|{{fb|EGY}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |2-0
|[[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
|-
| align="center" | 11
|{{dts|6 October 1985}}
|[[Rabat]], Morocco
|{{fb|LBY|1977}}
| align="center" |3–0
| align="center" |3-0
|[[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
|-
| align="center" | 12
|{{dts|22 January 1989}}
|[[Tunis]], Tunisia
|{{fb|TUN}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1-2
|[[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
|-
| align="center" | 13
|{{dts|2 September 1990}}
|[[Casablanca]], Morocco
|{{fb|MRT|1959}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |4-0
|African Cup Qualification
|-
| align="center" | 14
|{{dts|12 April 1991}}
|[[Nouakchott]], Mauritania
|{{fb|MRT|1959}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |2-0
|African Cup Qualification
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Wydad'''
*[[Moroccan Throne Cup]]: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1997<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Abdelaziz Bouderbala|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17523/Abdelaziz_Bouderbala.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Botola]]: 1978<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Abdelaziz Bouderbala|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17523/Abdelaziz_Bouderbala.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mohammed V Cup]]:1979

'''Fc Sion'''
*[[Swiss Cup]]:1986<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Abdelaziz Bouderbala|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17523/Abdelaziz_Bouderbala.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}</ref>

'''Morocco'''
*[[1983 Mediterranean Games]] Champion: [[Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|1983]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|date=2021-09-25|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1983_Mediterranean_Games&oldid=1046461075|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-11-20}}</ref>
*[[1980 African Cup of Nations]]: 3rd place<ref>{{Citation|title=1980 African Cup of Nations|date=2021-11-05|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_African_Cup_of_Nations&oldid=1053691483|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-11-20}}</ref>

'''individual'''
*[[CAF African Footballer of the Year]] runner-up: 1986
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|African Footballer of the 20th century]]: 15th place<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS' Century Elections|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
*[[African Cup Of Nations]] best player: [[1988 African Cup of Nations|1988]]
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team<ref>{{cite web |date=1 March 2022 |title=IFFHS MEN’S ALL TIME MOROCCO DREAM TEAM - 135 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1722 |access-date=3 March 2022 |publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ForaDeJogo}}
*{{NFT player|17523}}

{{1988 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
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