Brandon Mechele

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Brandon Mechele
FC Salzburg vs. Club Brugge (Euroleague Sechzehntelfinale) 02.jpg
Mechele playing for Club Brugge in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bredene, Belgium
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge
Number 44
Youth career
1999–2013 Club Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013– Club Brugge 341 (16)
2016–2017 → Sint-Truidense (loan) 17 (2)
International career‡
2013–2014 Belgium U21 8 (0)
2019– Belgium 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020

Brandon Mechele (born 28 January 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.

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International career

Mechele earned his first full international call up when Roberto Martinez named him in the Belgium squad in October 2018. [1] He made his Belgium national football team debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kazakhstan. He substituted Thomas Vermaelen in added time. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 December 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Belgian Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Brugge 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 300000—30
2013–14 250102 [a] 0—280
2014–15 3026113 [a] 0—493
2015–16 180209 [b] 01 [c] 0300
2016–17 00002 [d] 00020
2017–18 403523 [e] 0—485
2018–19 320107 [f] 000400
2019–20 240618 [g] 0—381
2020–21 352304 [h] 1—423
2021–22 380403 [d] 01 [c] 0460
2022–23 362208 [d] 01 [c] 0472
2023–24 4055016 [i] 1—616
2024–25 202106 [d] 01 [c] 0282
Total341163648124046222
Sint-Truidense (loan) 2016–17 Belgian Pro League17200—1 [j] 0182
Career total358183648125048024
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  4. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  10. ↑ Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs

International

As of match played 11 November 2020. [4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 201910
202020
Total30

Honours

Club Brugge

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References

  1. ↑ "Martinez looks to freshen up Belgian squad". Euro Sport. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kazakhstan v Belgium game report". ESPN. 13 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Brandon Mechele at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Brandon Mechele". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
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