.jpg) Mahrez with Algeria in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Riyad Karim Mahrez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1991[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sarcelles, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | AAS Sarcelles | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Quimper | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Le Havre II | 60 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Le Havre | 60 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Leicester City | 158 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Manchester City | 145 | (43) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Ahli | 43 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Algeria | 98 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Riyad Karim Mahrez (Arabic: رياض كريم محرز, romanized: Riyāḍ Karīm Maḥraz; born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and captains the Algeria national team.
Mahrez began his career as a youth player for French club AAS Sarcelles. He turned professional in 2009 with Quimper, where he played for only one season before moving to Le Havre, spending a total of three years with them, initially playing for their reserve team and then becoming a first-team regular. In January 2014, Mahrez signed for English side Leicester City, helping them win the Championship and promotion to the Premier League at the end of his first season. In the 2015–16 season, he was the Algerian Footballer of the Year, the PFA Players' Player of the Year, and was a member of the Premier League PFA Team of the Year as he helped Leicester City win the Premier League. Mahrez signed for Manchester City in 2018, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup in his first season. He has gone on to win a further four league titles, one FA Cup, two EFL Cups and a UEFA Champions League in 2022–23 as part of a continental treble whilst at City.
Born in France, Mahrez made his international debut for Algeria in 2014, representing the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023, winning the 2019 tournament. In 2016, he was named CAF's African Footballer of the Year.
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