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Sofiane Boufal (; born 17 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.
In the 2016–17 season, Boufal scored only one EFL 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.
On 21 October 2017, Boufal scored a virtuoso 85th-minute goal 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. This goal was voted the 2017–18 Premier League Goal of the Season.
In July 2018, Boufal joined La Liga side Celta Vigo on loan for the 2018–19 campaign.
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.
Boufal withdrew from Morocco's squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations due to injury. He was also unexpectedly omitted from the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by coach Hervé Renard.
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. He scored his first international goal in a 4–1 win over Guineau in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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| Angers SCO | 2012–13 | National 3 | 5 |
| 2013–14 | National 3 | 0 | |
| Angers SCO | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 4 | |
| Lille OSC | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 3 |
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 12 | |
| Southampton | 2016–17 | Premier League | 2 |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 1 | |
| Celta Vigo (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 3 |
| Angers | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 8 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 4 | |
| Al-Rayyan SC | 2022–23 | Qatar Stars League | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Qatar Stars League | 1 | |
| Union SG | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | |
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| Morocco | 0 |
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| 5 | |
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| 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
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