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Hamza Mendyl
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Mendyl with Schalke 04 in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.79 m
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club 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)
National team
2015 Morocco U19 1 (0)
2015–2016 Morocco U20 6 (1)
2016– Morocco 20 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 March 2024.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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.

Schalke 04

On 17 August 2018, Mendyl joined Schalke 04 on a five-year deal.

International career

Mendyl was born in Casablanca, Morocco to an Ivorian father and a Moroccan mother. He played for various youth Moroccan sides, 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.

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe 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

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2016 5 0
2017 5 0
2018 5 0
2019 3 0
2020 2 0
Total 20 0

See also

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