Mansour Boutabout ( ar, منصور بوتابوت; born 20 September 1978) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he spent most of his career there while representing the Algeria national team at international level.

Club career

Boutabout was born in

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, France. In February 2010 he signed for

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from Belgian club K.V. Kortrijk and spent a season there. After receiving a contract offer from

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side

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he trialled a few weeks with reigning Scottish Premier League champions Rangers upon the invitation of compatriot

Madjid Bougherra Madjid Bougherra ( ar, مجيد بوقرة, lit=, links=, translit=; born 7 October 1982) is an Algerian football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of the Algeria A' national team. Bougherra began his p ...

. On 14 March 2011, it was announced that Boutabout had joined

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-club

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. where he joined up with Algerian coach Farès Bousdira.

International career

Boutabout received his first call-up to the Algeria national team for a

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qualifier against

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in Tunisia where he started three games in the competition without scoring a goal before the team lost in the quarter-finals to

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. Boutabout's last cap came on 26 March 2008, in a friendly against

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boutabout goal.''

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