Samy Kehli

Samy Kehli

Personal information
Full name	Samy Kehli
Date of birth	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991
Place of birth	Saint-Avold, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	OH Leuven
Number	17
Youth career
2007–2010	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Metz	37	(2)
2013–2014	→ Excelsior Virton (loan)	19	(7)
2014–2015	→ Seraing (loan)	31	(12)
2016–2017	Roeselare	26	(6)
2017–2018	Lokeren	16	(1)
2018	→ OH Leuven (loan)	13	(2)
2018–	OH Leuven	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2018

Samy Kehli (born 27 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division B outfit OH Leuven.

Career

Kehli began his career in the reserve team at Metz, and made his debut in the Championnat de France amateur 2 in the 3–0 home win against Jarville on 9 May 2010. He entered play as a 60th-minute substitute for Mehdi Bousbaa and scored the team's final goal four minutes from time. He made a second substitute appearance three weeks later as Metz won 1–0 away at Pontarlier. He played several more matches for the reserve side during the first half of the 2010–11 campaign. On 29 January 2011 he made his debut for the senior team, coming on as a substitute for Yeni Ngbakoto in the 1–2 defeat away at Troyes. He was then handed his first professional start the following week in the 2–1 away win over Vannes. He went on to play in 11 Ligue 2 matches for Metz during the 2010–11 season, five of them as a substitute.

Kehli made his first appearance of the 2011–12 season in the opening-day defeat away at Tours on 27 July 2011. He played in a further seven league matches during the first five months of the campaign, including a starting place in the 1–0 home win over Reims.

Personal life

Kehli is of Algerian descent.

Career statistics

As of match played 1 June 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metz II	2010–11	CFA	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2011–12		16	1	—		—		—		16	1
	2012–13		13	6	—		—		—		13	6
	2013–14	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2015–16		13	5	—		—		—		13	5
	Total		50	12	—		—		—		50	12
Metz	2010–11	Ligue 2	11	0	2	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2011–12		8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2012–13	National	11	2	0	0	3	0	—		14	2
	2015–16	Ligue 2	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		37	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	44	2
Excelsior Virton (loan)	2013–14	Second Division	19	7	0	0	—		—		19	7
Seraing (loan)	2014–15	Second Division	31	12	1	0	—		—		32	12
Roeselare	2016–17	First Division B	26	6	1	0	—		7	2	34	8
Lokeren	2017–18	First Division A	16	1	2	0	—		—		18	1
OH Leuven (loan)	2017–18	First Division B	6	1	0	0	—		7	1	13	2
OH Leuven	2018–19	First Division B	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		13	2	0	0	—		7	1	13	2
Career total			185	41	8	0	3	0	14	3	210	44

External links

• Samy Kehli profile at FootNational
• Samy Kehli at FootballDatabase.eu
• Samy Kehli – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)