Hamza Mendyl
 Mendyl with Schalke 04 in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hamza Mendyl | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2010 | Wydad | ||
| 2010–2015 | Académie Mohammed VI | ||
| 2016–2017 | Lille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Lille II | 26 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Lille | 13 | (0) |
| 2018– | Schalke 04 | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Morocco U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Morocco U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2016– | Morocco | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 | |||
Hamza Mendyl (Arabic: حمزة منديل; born 21 October 1997) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Schalke 04. [2]
Professional career
Lille OSC
Mendyl made his professional debut in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win for Lille over Caen on 16 February 2017.[3]
Schalke 04
On 17 August 2018, Mendyl joined Schalke 04 on a five-year deal.[4]
International career
Mendyl was born in Casablanca, Morocco to an Ivorian father and a Moroccan mother.[5] He played for various youth Moroccan sides,[6][7] 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.[8]
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]
Career statistics
International
- Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2018.[10]
| Morocco | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 |
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Un "duathlon" pour lancer la saison | Lille LOSC". losc.fr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Mountakhab.net - Tournoi U20 en Chine: les 22 Marocains". mountakhab.net. 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 at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Casablanca
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Morocco youth international footballers
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- Moroccan people of Ivorian descent
- Association football defenders
- Lille OSC players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Ligue 1 players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Expatriate footballers in France
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- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Bundesliga players
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