He grew up in Fes and, inspired by the exploits of Olympic marathon medalist Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, he took up running in 1993.

[8][9] His second run of the year was also in Canada: at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon he and Daniel Rono quickly became the two race protagonists.

Strong winds put an end to their challenge to the Canadian all-comers record, but Bouramdane improved his best to 2:10:41 hours as the clear runner-up by a margin of over three minutes.

[13] The 2008 Boston Marathon saw him take his fourth consecutive runner-up spot on the road circuit behind a Kenyan elite runner, as he recorded his second sub-2:10 time behind Robert Cheruiyot.

[15] He failed to finish the Lake Biwa Marathon in February 2009,[16] and turned shorter races instead, placing in the top ten at the Nordion 10km in Ottawa.

[21] He had the third fastest run of his career at the 2011 London Marathon as he took seventh position in a time of 2:08:42 hours, finishing just behind fellow Moroccan Jaouad Gharib.