About Nordin Bukala

Nordin Bukala (born 18 September 2005 in Utrecht) is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder. He exchanged Jong FC Utrecht for FC Volendam in 2024.

Club career
Bukala started playing football at UVV, after which he switched to the youth academy of FC Utrecht. He made his debut for Jong FC Utrecht against VVV-Venlo (1-4) on August 25, 2023. He came into the team for Sil van der Wegen five minutes before the end of the game. He was given a starting place once that season, on December 4, 2023 against Telstar (0-0). He was also allowed to substitute 18 times, before joining the reserves team of FC Volendam on an amateur basis. Bukala made his debut in Volendam's first team on October 22, 2024, against FC Den Bosch (3-2). He came into the team just before time for Henk Veerman. He also got playing minutes in the following games, and he was in the starting line-up more and more from December 2024. In January 2026, he signed his first professional contract until the summer of 2026. Less than three months later, his contract was broken open until the summer of 2028.