Mehdi Boudjemaa

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Mehdi Boudjemaa
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Pontoise, France [1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hatayspor
Number 8
Youth career
2008–2013 Beauvais
2013–2014 Strasbourg
2014–2015 Beauvais
2015–2016 Saint-Quentin
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Guingamp II 59 (5)
2019–2021 Guingamp 3 (0)
2020Quevilly-Rouen (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021Laval (loan) 30 (0)
2021– Hatayspor 64 (1)
2023Ferencváros (loan) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024

Mehdi Boudjemaa (born 7 April 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Turkish club Hatayspor.

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Career

Guingamp

Born in Pontoise in the Val-d'Oise department of Île-de-France, Boudjemaa was raised in Beauvais, Oise. He began playing for AS Beauvais Oise, and had a year at RC Strasbourg Alsace when he was 15, before returning to Beauvais to play in the national under-17 division. After their relegation, he had one season at Olympique Saint-Quentin where he attracted the attention of EA Guingamp. [1]

Boudjemaa began playing for Guingamp's reserve team in the fifth-tier Championnat National 3. [2] After turning down an approach from Stade Brestois 29, [1] he was first called up by the first team for their Ligue 1 game at Stade Malherbe Caen on 20 October 2018, remaining unused in a goalless draw. [3] The following 19 February, he signed his first professional contract, for two-and-a-half years. [4] He made his professional debut with the club in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over Orléans on 9 August 2019, as a 63rd-minute substitute for Bryan Pelé. [5]

On 9 January 2020, Boudjemaa was loaned to third-tier Championnat National team US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole, where he made five appearances before the season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] He joined Stade Lavallois of the same league on the same basis on 5 June. [7]

Hatayspor

Boudjemaa moved abroad for the first time on 8 July 2021, joining Hatayspor of the Turkish Süper Lig. [8] The following 4 April, he was sent off for two late yellow cards in a goalless draw at home to local rivals Adana Demirspor. [9]

On 6 January 2023, Boudjemaa survived the earthquake that killed Hatayspor player Christian Atsu and sporting director Taner Savut among tens of thousands of others. [10]

The club withdrew from the season and ten days later, he joined Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I leaders Ferencvárosi TC on loan with the option to buy. [11] He won the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I. [12] [13]

Personal life

Born in France, Boudjemaa holds French and Algerian nationalities. In 2017, he expressed interest in representing the Algeria national football team. [2]

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References

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