Moroccan footballer (born 1997)
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]
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
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