Mehdi Léris

Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris (Arabic: مهدي باسكال مارسيل ليريس; born 23 May 1998) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right wing-back for EFL Championship club Stoke City and the Algeria national team.

Mehdi Léris
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris
Date of birth (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998
Place of birth Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger, right wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 27
Youth career
Stade Montois
2013–2016 Chievo
2016–2017 → Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Chievo 27 (0)
2019–2023 Sampdoria 67 (2)
2021–2022 → Brescia (loan) 33 (2)
2023– Stoke City 8 (1)
International career‡
2022– Algeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC))

Club career

Chievo

Léris caught the eye of Italian club Chievo in an amateur showcase tournament in Paris in 2013 whilt playing for his home town club Stade Montois, and thereafter joined the youth academy of the team.[2] Léris moved on loan to Juventus with an option to buy for a year, becoming a part of the youth squad without making an appearance for the senior team.[3][4] Léris returned to Chievo, and made his professional debut with them in a 3–0 Serie A loss to Juventus on 9 September 2017.[5] After making four appearances in 2017–18, he played 24 times in 2018–19 as Chievo suffered financial difficulties and were relegated to Serie B.[6] He scored his first senior goal on 5 December 2018 in a 2–1 defeat against Cagliari in the Coppa Italia.[7]

Sampdoria

On 12 August 2019, Léris signed a five-year deal with Sampdoria for a fee of around €2.5 million.[8] He made 16 appearances in 2019–20, scoring once in a 1–1 draw with Brescia in the final match of the campaign.[9] In 2020–21, Léris made 22 appearances as Sampdoria finished in ninth place.[10] On 18 August 2021, he joined Serie B side Brescia on loan for the 2021–22 season.[11] He was a regular in the side helping them reach the semi-finals of the play-offs where they were defeated by AC Monza.[12] He returned to Sampdoria for the 2022–23 season, playing 35 times as the Stadio Luigi Ferraris side endured a terrible campaign winning only three matches and were relegated to Serie B.[13]

Stoke City

On August 22, 2023, Léris joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[14] He scored on his full debut for Stoke on 29 August 2023 in a 6–1 win against Rotherham United in the EFL Cup.[15]

International career

Leris was called up to the Algeria national team for a set of friendlies in November 2022.[16] He debuted with them in a 1–1 friendly tie with Mali on 16 November 2022.[17]

Personal life

Léris was born in Mont-de-Marsan, France to a French father of Spanish descent and Algerian mother.[18] Léris' father, Yannick, is a former amateur footballer and a U16 football coach in France.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chievo 2017–18 Serie A 4000——40
2018–19 Serie A 23011——241
Total 27011——281
Sampdoria 2019–20 Serie A 15110——161
2020–21 Serie A 20020——220
2021–22 Serie A 0000——00
2022–23 Serie A 32130——351
2023–24 Serie B 0011——11
Total 67271——743
Brescia (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 33200—3[lower-alpha 1]0362
Stoke City 2023–24 EFL Championship 710021—92
Career total 13458221301488
  1. Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

References
  1. "Mehdi Léris". U.C. Sampdoria. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. S.p.A., Società Editrice Athesis. "La Signora alla finestra per il gioiellino Leris".
  3. "Officiel - Un jeune français signe à la Juventus".
  4. "Football : le jeune Montois Mehdi Léris, joueur à la Juventus, rencontre le pape François".
  5. "Juventus 3-0 Chievo". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. "The Sad Story of Chievo Verona". The Breeze. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. "Chievo Cagliari 1-2: decide Pisacane, sardi agli ottavi di Coppa Italia contro l'Atalanta" [Chievo Cagliari 1-2: Pisacane decides, Sardinians in the Italian Cup round of 16 against Atalanta]. Sky Sports Italia (in Italian). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Samp, dal Chievo arriva Leris. Ha firmato fino al 2024". Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. "Sampdoria's 2019/20: From Fighting for Europe to Fighting for Survival". breakingthelines.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  10. "A SEASON IN REVIEW: SAMPDORIA 2020/21". forzaitalianfootball.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  11. "Mehdi Léris è un nuovo calciatore del Brescia" (in Italian). Brescia. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  12. "MONZA VS. BRESCIA 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  13. Bettoni, Lorenzo. "Sampdoria 2022-23 Season Review: Endless nightmare". football-italia.net. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  14. "Mehdi Leris lands in the Potteries". Stoke City FC. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. "Stoke City 6–1 Rotherham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  16. Toumert, Yanis (15 November 2022). "Mehdi Leris, le plus Italien des Algériens". La Gazette du Fennec.
  17. "Algérie Mali : À peine sur le terrain, Leris fait un bad buzz (Vidéo)". fennecfootball.com.
  18. Bouzidi, Lotfi (24 February 2017). "Futur DZ : Concurrence entre l'Algérie l'Espagne et la France pour le talent de la Juvé - Fennec Football".
  19. "Football : le Chievo Vérone fait de l'œil à Mehdi Léris".
  20. Mehdi Léris at Soccerway
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