Hamza Mendyl

Hamza Mendyl
Mendyl with Schalke 04 in 2018
Personal information
Full name Hamza Mendyl
Date of birth (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club 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)
National team‡
2015 Morocco U19 1 (0)
2015–2016 Morocco U20 6 (1)
2016– Morocco 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
YearAppsGoals
201650
201750
201840
Total140

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Un "duathlon" pour lancer la saison | Lille LOSC". losc.fr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 - Saison 2016/2017 - 26ème journée - SM Caen / LOSC".
  4. ↑ "Linksverteidiger Hamza Mendyl wird ein Schalker" (in German). FC Schalke 04. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Arcus-Mendyl : À peine pros, déjà internationaux | Lille LOSC". losc.fr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mountakhab.net - Des joueurs du Real, de Dortmund et d'Arsenal dans la liste d'El Idrissi". mountakhab.net. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mountakhab.net - Tournoi U20 en Chine: les 22 Marocains". mountakhab.net. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  10. ↑ Hamza Mendyl at National-Football-Teams.com
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