Career
In February 2010 USM Blida signed the forward from Belgian club KV Kortrijk. He was last known to be training with current Scottish Premier League champions Rangers F.C. On March 14, 2011, it was announced that Boutabout had joined Réunion-club AS Excelsior.
He started the game and scored its only goal in the 62nd minute. Boutabout was subsequently called up to be part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup in Tunisia where he started 3 games in the competition without scoring a goal before the team lost in the quarter-finals to Morocco.
Boutabout"s last cap came on March 26, 2008, in a friendly against DR Congo.