Hamza Mendyl
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
  1. ^ Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  2. ^ 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 - Saison 2016/2017 - 26ème journée - SM Caen / LOSC".
  3. ^ "Linksverteidiger Hamza Mendyl wird ein Schalker" (in German). FC Schalke 04. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Arcus-Mendyl : À peine pros, déjà internationaux | Lille LOSC". losc.fr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Mountakhab.net - Tournoi U20 en Chine: les 22 Marocains". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ^ "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  9. ^ "Hamza Mendyl » Club matches". Worldfootball.net.
  10. ^ Hamza Mendyl at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Oud-Heverlee Leuven – current squad
Morocco squads
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