Career
He played as a midfielder during the 1990s and 2000s. Bounoua began playing professionally with his local team Football Club Mulhouse in 1991 but didn"t quite make the grade and was sold to Swiss Second Division team Football Club Basel in 1992. During his two years in Basel he did not play a single league match but made five appearances for the team in the Swiss Cup.
In 1994, he moved to Germany with Tus Hoisdorf.
He then signed for TuS Celle Football Club in 1995, where he played for two years before joining Stuttgarter Kickers. Eintracht Frankfurt signed him in 1998, but he struggled there, playing just seven games, and moved on to Hannover 96 a year later.
Bounoua signed for Football Club Saint Pauli in 2002 and spent the rest of his career in the German lower divisions with multiple clubs in Northern Germany, before retiring in the summer of 2012.