Riyad Mahrez

Riyad Mahrez

Mahrez with Algeria in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Riyad Karim Mahrez
Date of birth	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 26)
Place of birth	Sarcelles, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Leicester City
Number	26
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–	Leicester City	118	(29)
National team‡
2014–	Algeria	30	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:45, 29 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Riyad Karim Mahrez (Arabic: رياض محرز‎‎; born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for English club Leicester City and the Algerian national team as a winger.

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 Football League 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 made his international debut for Algeria in 2014 and represented them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and both the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mahrez was born in Sarcelles, France, to an Algerian father and a mother of Algerian and Moroccan descent. His father Ahmed was from Beni Snous, Tlemcen District. Growing up, Mahrez would regularly spend his holidays in Algeria.