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Moroccan footballer (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamza Mendyl (Arabic: حمزة منديل; born 21 October 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left back for Belgian Pro League club OH Leuven and the Morocco national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 October 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2010 | Wydad AC | ||
2010–2015 | Mohammed VI Academy | ||
2016–2017 | Lille | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Lille II | 26 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Lille | 13 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Schalke 04 | 12 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Dijon (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Gaziantep (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2022– | OH Leuven | 48 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Morocco U19 | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Morocco U20 | 6 | (1) |
2016– | Morocco | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022 |
Mendyl made his professional debut in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win for Lille over Caen on 16 February 2017.[2]
On 17 August 2018, Mendyl joined Schalke 04 on a five-year deal.[3]
Mendyl was born in Casablanca, Morocco to an Ivorian father and a Moroccan mother.[4] He played for various youth Moroccan sides,[5][6] before debuting for the senior Morocco national football team in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over São Tomé and Príncipe.[7]
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]
Mendyl married Moroccan Instagram star Maroua Ourahali in late 2018. They had their honeymoon in the Maldives and now have a son together called Cayden, who was born on 20 February 2020. Hamza is a close friend of fellow footballer Amine Harit.[citation needed]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lille | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Schalke 04 | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
Dijon (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
Gaziantep (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
Career total | 65 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Morocco | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 0 |
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