Brandon Mechele

Brandon Mechele (born 28 January 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.

Brandon Mechele

Mechele playing for Club Brugge in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bredene, Belgium
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back Sweeper
Team information
Current team	Club Brugge
Number	44
Youth career
1999–2013	Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Club Brugge	363	(18)
2016–2017	→ Sint-Truidense (loan)	17	(2)
International career‡
2013–2014	Belgium U21	8	(0)
2019–	Belgium	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2025

International career

Mechele earned his first full international call up when Roberto Martinez named him in the Belgium squad in October 2018.^[1] He made his Belgium national football team debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kazakhstan. He substituted Thomas Vermaelen in added time.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 August 2025^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Belgian Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Club Brugge	2012–13	Belgian Pro League	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2013–14		25	0	1	0	2[a]	0	—		28	0
	2014–15		30	2	6	1	13[a]	0	—		49	3
	2015–16		18	0	2	0	9[b]	0	1[c]	0	30	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	2[d]	0	0	0	2	0
	2017–18		40	3	5	2	3[e]	0	—		48	5
	2018–19		32	0	1	0	7[f]	0	0	0	40	0
	2019–20		24	0	6	1	8[g]	0	—		38	1
	2020–21		35	2	3	0	4[h]	1	—		42	3
	2021–22		38	0	4	0	3[d]	0	1[c]	0	46	0
	2022–23		36	2	2	0	8[d]	0	1[c]	0	47	2
	2023–24		40	5	5	0	16[i]	1	—		61	6
	2024–25		40	3	5	0	12[d]	0	1[c]	0	58	3
	2025–26		2	1	0	0	1[d]	0	1[c]	0	4	1
	Total		363	18	40	4	88	2	5	0	496	24
Sint-Truidense (loan)	2016–17	Belgian Pro League	17	2	0	0	—		1[j]	0	18	2
Career total			379	20	40	4	88	2	6	0	513	26

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
6. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
9. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
10. Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs

International

As of match played 20 March 2025^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2019	1	0
	2020	2	0
	2025	1	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Club Brugge

• Belgian Pro League: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
• Belgian Cup: 2014–15, 2024–25
• Belgian Super Cup: 2021,^[5] 2022, 2025