| Bilal Boutobba | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Marseille, France |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Clermont |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | JS Arménienne St-Antoine |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Marseille |
| Years1: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Marseille B |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Marseille |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Sevilla B |
| Caps3: | 33 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs4: | Montpellier B |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | Montpellier |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Niort |
| Caps6: | 107 |
| Goals6: | 21 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Clermont |
| Caps7: | 27 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | France U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 4 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:22, 24 May 2024 (UTC) |
Bilal Boutobba (born 29 August 1998)[1] is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Clermont.
Born in Marseille and a youth product of Marseille, Boutobba made his league debut on 14 December 2014 in a 1 - 0 away defeat against 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 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 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 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 Niort in Ligue 2.[11] He scored his first professional league goal on 7 November to open a 4–3 win at Sochaux 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 | National cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Marseille B | 2014–15 | CFA 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | CFA | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Total | 3 | 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 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Montpellier B | 2018–19 | National 3 | 17 | 6 | — | — | 17 | 6 | |||
| 2019–20 | National 3 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | — | — | 32 | 7 | |||||
| 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 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Niort | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 7 | — | — | 37 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | — | 39 | 11 | |||
| Total | 107 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 21 | |||
| Clermont | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 205 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 213 | 29 | |||
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