Hamza Mendyl
Moroccan footballer (born 1997)
 Mendyl with Schalke 04 in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 26) | ||
| 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 | |||
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.
Club career
Lille
Mendyl made his professional debut in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win for Lille over Caen on 16 February 2017.[2]
Schalke 04
On 17 August 2018, Mendyl joined Schalke 04 on a five-year deal.[3]
International career
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]
Personal life
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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 July 2022[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup[a] | Europe[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 13 October 2020[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 - Saison 2016/2017 - 26ème journée - SM Caen / LOSC".
- ^ "Linksverteidiger Hamza Mendyl wird ein Schalker" (in German). FC Schalke 04. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Arcus-Mendyl : À peine pros, déjà internationaux | Lille LOSC". losc.fr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Mountakhab.net - Des joueurs du Real, de Dortmund et d'Arsenal dans la liste d'El Idrissi". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Mountakhab.net - Tournoi U20 en Chine: les 22 Marocains". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
- ^ "Hamza Mendyl » Club matches". Worldfootball.net.
- ^ Hamza Mendyl at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Hamza Mendyl – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Lille Profile 2016-16 Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Hamza Mendyl at Soccerway
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven – current squad
- 1 Leysen
- 5 Ngawa
- 6 Dom
- 7 Þorsteinsson
- 8 Schrijvers
- 9 Brunes
- 11 Banzuzi
- 13 Kiyine
- 14 Ricca
- 15 N'Dri
- 16 Prévot
- 17 Misao
- 18 Miguel
- 19 Mueanta
- 20 Mendyl
- 21 Opoku
- 22 Calut
- 23 Schingtienne
- 24 Russo
- 25 Osifo
- 26 Jochmans
- 28 Pletinckx
- 30 Akimoto
- 33 Maertens
- 37 Taildeman
- 38 Ravet
- 42 Gilis
- 43 Nsingi
- 52 Sagrado
- 63 Souanga
- 77 Vlietinck
- 78 Idumbo-Muzambo
- 82 Mboko
- 88 Maziz
- Manager: García
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