Bilal Boutobba (born 29 August 1998)[1] is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Chamois Niortais.
![]() Boutobba training with Montpellier in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bilal Boutobba | ||
Date of birth | (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Niort | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2007 | JS Arménienne St-Antoine | ||
2007–2014 | Marseille | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Marseille II | 25 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Marseille | 3 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Sevilla B | 33 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Montpellier II | 32 | (7) |
2019–2020 | Montpellier | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Niort | 57 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | France U17 | 15 | (2) |
2015–2016 | France U18 | 9 | (3) |
2016–2017 | France U19 | 12 | (4) |
2017 | France U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2017 |
Born in Marseille and a youth product of Olympique de Marseille, Boutobba made his league debut on 14 December 2014 in a 1–0 away defeat against AS Monaco at the Stade Louis II, replacing Mario Lemina for the last six minutes of the game.[2] In doing so, he became the youngest ever player to play an official match for Marseille, at the age of 16 years, 3 months and 15 days. The record was previously held by his teammate Jérémie Porsan-Clémenté, who was aged 16 years and 8 months on his debut earlier in the season.[3]
On 18 June 2016, Boutobba confirmed that he would not be renewing his contract with Marseille and would instead be joining La Liga side Sevilla on a free transfer.[4] On 7 July he joined them on a four-year deal, initially assigned to their reserve side.[5] Boutobba made his debut in Segunda División on 10 September, replacing David Carmona for the final seven minutes of a 1–0 loss at CD Lugo.[6]
On 31 August 2018, Boutobba terminated his contract with Sevilla.[7]
On 21 September 2018, Boutobba returned to Ligue 1 with Montpellier Montpellier HSC on an undisclosed contract. He was assigned to their reserve team in Championnat National 3.[8][9] He made his first-team debut on 24 February 2019, replacing Nicolas Cozza after an hour of a 4–2 home loss to Stade de Reims, and made one more appearance off the bench over the season.[10]
In August 2020, out of contract at Montpellier, Boutobba signed a three-year deal at Chamois Niortais F.C. in Ligue 2.[11] He scored his first professional league goal on 7 November to open a 4–3 win at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard that put his team in first place.[12]
Boutobba was born in France and is of Algerian descent.[13] Boutobba made his debut for France under-17 on 25 October 2014 in a European qualifier at Pafiako Stadium in Paphos, Cyprus, playing the entirety of a 3–0 win over Macedonia.[14] In the opening match of the Elite Round on 20 March 2015, he netted the only goal in the first minute of the second half to defeat Israel.[15] He was part of the French squad which won the finals in Bulgaria, netting in a 5–0 win over Scotland in the first group game.[16]
Later in the year, he went with the team to the FIFA U-17 World Cup, forcing a James McGarry own goal and scoring in a 6–1 rout of New Zealand in the opening group game in Puerto Montt.[17] Three days later, with a third-minute goal, he opened a 4–3 win over Paraguay.[18] In the last 16, he scored in the penalty shootout as France were eliminated by Costa Rica after a goalless draw.[19]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Marseille | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Sevilla B | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | Segunda División | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||||
Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Montpellier | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Niort | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | —[lower-alpha 2] | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 5 | —[lower-alpha 4] | — | — | — | 21 | 5 | |||||
Total | 56 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 8 | ||
Career total | 95 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 8 |
France
Chamois Niortais F.C. – current squad | |
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