| Intro | Moroccan soccer player | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From |
Morocco Côte d’Ivoire |
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| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth |
21 October 1997, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco |
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| Age | 23 years | ||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||
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Hamza Mendyl (Arabic: حمزة منديل; born 21 October 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Schalke 04.
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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 July 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | 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 | 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 | |
| Dijon | 2019–20 (loan) | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Career total | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
International
- As of match played 19 November 2019
| Morocco | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 |
Personal life
Mendyl married Moroccan Instagram star Maroua in late 2018. They had their honeymoon in the Maldives and now have a son together called Cayden, who was born on the 20th of February 2020. Hamza is a close friend of fellow footballer Amine Harit.