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Sofiane Boufal (Arabic: سفيان بوفال; born 17 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Sofiane Boufal

Boufal with Morocco in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Sofiane Boufal[1]
Date of birth	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Angers
Number	7
Youth career
2010–2012	Angers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Angers B	29	(5)
2012–2015	Angers	46	(4)
2015–2016	Lille	43	(14)
2016–2020	Southampton	70	(3)
2018–2019	→ Celta (loan)	35	(3)
2020–	Angers	54	(12)
National team‡
2016–	Morocco	32	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 23 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022

Club career

Angers

Boufal came through the Angers youth system, making his debut for the club at the age of 18, replacing Rayan Frikeche in the closing stages of a 1–0 home loss to FC Istres in August 2012. He made his first ever professional start the next Ligue 2 season, in a 4–2 win away at FC Istres, becoming a regular that season, making 31 appearances in all competitions. In the 2014–15 season, he helped Angers win promotion to Ligue 1. He racked up a total of 4 goals in 16 appearances in the first half of the season, before attracting interest from Ligue 1 clubs.^{[citation needed]}

Lille

On 9 January 2015, Boufal transferred to Lille in Ligue 1, instantly making an impression, scoring 3 goals in 14 league games.[4] The next season, he continued to impress, scoring 12 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions and attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs around the world.[5]

Southampton

On 29 August 2016, Southampton announced they had signed Boufal on a five-year contract for a club-record undisclosed fee.[6] The fee was reported as £16 million, slightly more than the £15 million paid to Roma for Dani Osvaldo in October 2013.[7][8]

In the 2016–17 season, Boufal scored only one League Cup goal and one Premier League goal; his strike in Saints' 26 October 2016 1–0 win over Sunderland in the fourth round of the League Cup won Southampton's Goal of the Season award.[9][10]

On 21 October 2017, Boufal scored a virtuoso 85th-minute goal[11] in a home tie against West Bromwich Albion to lead his team to a 1–0 victory and send them into the top half of the Premier League. Having come on as a substitute in the 80th minute, he gained possession deep within his own half and took the ball past six opposing players before sending it past keeper Ben Foster from just inside the box.[12] This goal was voted the 2017–18 Premier League Goal of the Season.[13]

In July 2018, Boufal joined La Liga side Celta Vigo on loan for the 2018–19 campaign.[14]

After returning to Southampton for the 2019–20 season, he played in 10 of his team's 13 league games before injuring his toe at his home, when he ran into a kitchen table.[15]

Return to Angers

On 5 October 2020, Boufal returned to his first club Angers on a free transfer.[16]

International career

Boufal made his debut for the Moroccan first team on 26 March 2016 starting in a 1–0 African Cup of Nations qualification victory against Cape Verde.[17]

Boufal withdrew from Morocco's squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations due to injury.[18] He was also unexpectedly omitted from the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by coach Hervé Renard.[19]

Boufal represented Morocco at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He was one of two Moroccan players to fail to score in their 4–1 penalty shootout defeat to Benin in the Round of 16.[20]

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[21][22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 October 2022[23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Angers B	2012–13	CFA 2	22	5	—		—		—		22	5
	2013–14	CFA 2	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	Total		29	5	—		—		—		29	5
Angers	2012–13	Ligue 2	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2013–14	Ligue 2	28	0	4	0	0	0	—		32	0
	2014–15	Ligue 2	16	4	1	0	2	0	—		19	4
	Total		46	4	6	0	2	0	—		54	4
Lille	2014–15	Ligue 1	14	3	0	0	2	0	—		16	3
	2015–16	Ligue 1	29	11	1	0	5	1	—		35	12
	Total		43	14	1	0	7	1	—		51	15
Southampton	2016–17[24]	Premier League	24	1	0	0	3	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	29	2
	2017–18[25]	Premier League	26	2	3	0	1	0	—		30	2
	2019–20[26]	Premier League	20	0	3	1	2	0	—		25	1
	Total		70	3	6	1	6	1	2	0	84	5
Celta Vigo (loan)	2018–19[27]	La Liga	35	3	0	0	—		—		35	3
Angers	2020–21[28]	Ligue 1	14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
	2021–22[29]	Ligue 1	29	8	0	0	—		—		29	8
	2022–23[30]	Ligue 1	11	3	0	0	—		—		11	3
	Total		54	12	1	0	—		—		55	12
Career total			278	41	14	1	15	2	2	0	309	44

International

As of match played 17 November 2022[31]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Morocco	2016	3	0
	2017	2	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	6	1
	2022	10	5
Total		32	6

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Boufal goal.[31]

List of international goals scored by Sofiane Boufal

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2021	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Guinea	4–1	4–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	10 January 2022	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Ghana	1–0	1–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
3	18 January 2022		Gabon	1–1	2–2
4	30 January 2022		Egypt	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
5	23 September 2022	RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain	Chile	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	17 November 2022	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Georgia	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Lille

• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2015–16[32]

Southampton

• EFL Cup runner-up: 2016–17[33]

Individual

• UNFP Player of the Month: April 2016[34]
• Prix Marc-Vivien Foé 2016[35]
• Premier League Goal of the Month: October 2017[36]
• Premier League Goal of the Season: 2017–18[2]
• Goal of the decade at Southampton: 2010–2020[37]
• Angers Player of the Month: August 2021[38]

References

External links

• Sofiane Boufal at Soccerbase
• Sofiane Boufal at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Sofiane Boufal – UEFA competition record (archive) 

На других языках

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[de] Sofiane Boufal

Sofiane Boufal (arabisch سفيان بوفال, DMG Sufyān Būfāl; * 17. September 1993 in Paris) ist ein marokkanisch-französischer Fußballspieler. Der offensive Mittelfeldspieler steht beim SCO Angers unter Vertrag und ist marokkanischer A-Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Sofiane Boufal

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[es] Sofiane Boufal

Sofiane Boufal (París, Francia, 17 de septiembre de 1993) es un futbolista marroquí. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo es el Angers S. C. O. de la Ligue 1 de Francia.[2]

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[fr] Sofiane Boufal

Sofiane Boufal (en arabe : سفيان بوفال), né le 17 septembre 1993 à Paris, est un footballeur international marocain qui évolue au poste d'ailier gauche ou de milieu offensif au sein du club de l'Angers SCO.

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[it] Sofiane Boufal

Sofiane Boufal (Parigi, 17 settembre 1993) è un calciatore marocchino, centrocampista dell'Angers e della nazionale marocchina.

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[ru] Буфаль, Софьян

Софья́н Буфа́ль (фр. Sofiane Boufal; 17 сентября 1993, Париж) — французский и марокканский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Анже».

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