) is a retired French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

-Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 footballer. He played as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 during the 1990s and 2000s.

Bounoua began playing professionally with his local team FC Mulhouse

FC Mulhouse

Football Club de Mulhouse is a French association football club based in Mulhouse. The club was founded in 1893 and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football. Mulhouse plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Ill located within the city...

 in 1991 but didn't quite make the grade and was sold to Swiss Second Division team FC Basel

FC Basel

Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

 in 1992. In 1994, he moved to Germany with Tus Hoisdorf

TuS Hoisdorf

Tus Hoisdorf is a German association football club from the municipality of Hoisdorf, Schleswig-Holstein. The footballers are part of a sports club that includes departments for badminton, gymnastics, table tennis, volleyball, and fitness programs....

. He then signed for TuS Celle FC

TuS Celle FC

TuS Celle FC is a German association football club based in Celle, Lower Saxony. The club is currently a member of the Bezirksoberliga Lüneburg, the sixth tier of German football...

 in 1995, where he played for two years before joining Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...

. He achieved some excellent form in Stuttgart and was called up to the Moroccan national team

Morocco national football team

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. Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

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 signed him in 1998, but he struggled there, playing just 7 games, and moved on to Hannover 96

Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

 a year later. Bounoua signed for FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli

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 in 2002 and spent the rest of his career in the German lower divisions with SV Frisia Brinkum and FC Oberneuland

FC Oberneuland

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 before retiring in the summer of 2008.

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