Moubarak “Mbark” Boussoufa was born on 15 August, 1984. He is a Moroccan footballer (Mid fielder) who plays as an attacking midfielder for Emirati club Al Jazira and the Moroccan national team. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010.
Mbark started off at the youth academy of Ajax Amsterdam before joining Chelsea F.C. He spent the 2005/06 season with K.A.A. Gent, winning several prizes in 2006: Belgian Golden Shoe, Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe.
Boussoufa had Eligibility to play for both Morocco and The Netherlands, Boussoufa chose to represent Morocco and made his international debut against the USA on 23 May 2006.
Boussoufa has represented Morocco at Africa Cup of Nations tournaments; in 2012 & 2017 and in May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
