Samuel Boutal (born 22 November 1969) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker or

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Boutal helped Troyes become one of the winners of the

2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. First round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ...

. In the final Troyes beat Newcastle United on away goals after the second leg finished 4–4 at

St James' Park St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. With a seating capacity of 52,305 seats, it is the eighth largest football stadium in England. St James' Pa ...

; Boutal scored two of Troyes' goals. Boutal had a brief spell at Scottish side Kilmarnock, joining them in 2002. He scored on his debut against Dundee but was released in January 2003 after no further goals.

Honours

Troyes * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boutal, Samuel 1969 births Living people French footballers French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Footballers from Bordeaux Association football midfielders Red Star F.C. players Stade Malherbe Caen players ES Troyes AC players Kilmarnock F.C. players Stade de Reims players Tours FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Scottish Premier League players Pau FC players French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China