Mehdi Carcela
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Mehdi François Carcela-González (Arabic: المهدي كارسيلا; born 1 July 1989) is a former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehdi François Carcela-González[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2008 | Standard Liège | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Standard Liège | 83 | (18) |
2011–2013 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 31 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Standard Liège | 45 | (6) |
2015–2016 | Benfica | 20 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Granada | 22 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2018 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2018–2022 | Standard Liège | 100 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2004 | Belgium U16 | 2 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Belgium U17 | 11 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Belgium U18 | 12 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Belgium U21 | 8 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
2011–2019 | Morocco | 22 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 15 October 2019 (UTC) |
He began his career in his hometown club Standard Liège, playing 157 games and scoring 25 goals in two spells from 2008 to 2015. He won the league in 2009 and the cup two years later. In between his two stints, he played for Anzhi Makhachkala in Russia, joining for a fee of €5.7 million. In 2015, he signed with Benfica in Portugal, and a year later with Granada in Spain.
Carcela represented Belgium at all youth levels and played twice for its senior team before changing his allegiance to his ancestral Morocco in 2010. He represented the latter country at the 2012 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.