Mehdi Bourabia

Mehdi Bourabia

Bourabia with Konyaspor in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Bourabia [1]
Date of birth	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth	Dijon, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position	Midfielder
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	38	(1)
2023–2024	Frosinone	10	(0)
2024–2025	Kayserispor	43	(4)
International career‡
2018–	Morocco	8	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2018

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

Early life

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

Club career

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

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

Club

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

Cherno More

• Bulgarian Supercup: 2015

Konyaspor

• Turkish Super Cup: 2017

References

1. 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

• Mehdi Bourabia at Soccerway
• Profile at Foot-National