About Hamza Mendyl

Hamza Mendyl (born 21 October 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki and the Morocco national team.

Mendyl made his professional debut in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win for Lille over Caen on 16 February 2017.

On 17 August 2018, Mendyl joined Schalke 04 on a five-year deal.

Mendyl was born in Casablanca, Morocco to an Ivorian father and a Moroccan mother. He played for various youth Moroccan sides, before debuting for the senior Morocco national football team in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over São Tomé and Príncipe.

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.