Mehdi Merghem
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Aubervilliers, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dundee United | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Châteauroux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Châteauroux II | 15 | (2) |
| 2016–2019 | Châteauroux | 56 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Guingamp II | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2024 | Guingamp | 97 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | → Nancy (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Farense | 12 | (0) |
| 2025 | USM Alger | 7 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | JS Kabylie | 14 | (1) |
| 2026 | Bastia | 8 | (0) |
| 2026– | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Algeria A' | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 August 2025 | |||
Mehdi Merghem (Arabic: مهدي مرغم; Tamazight: ⵎⴻⵀⴷⵉ ⵎⴻⵔⴳⵀⴻⵎ; born 19 July 1997) is an professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United. Born in France, he represents Algeria internationally.
Career
[edit]Merghem made his professional debut for Châteauroux in a 3–2 Ligue 2 win over Brest on 27 July 2017.[1]
On 28 August 2025, he signed a two-year contract with JS Kabylie.[2]
On 3 February 2026, he joined Bastia.[3]
On 12 July 2026, Merghem moved to Dundee United in Scotland on a two-year deal.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Merghem holds French and Algerian nationalities.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]LB Châteauroux
EA Guingamp
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2018–19
USM Alger
References
[edit]- ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 1ère journée - Stade Brestois 29 / Châteauroux". www.lfp.fr.
- ↑ "Zinnbauer annonce l'arrivée de Merghem à la JS Kabylie". Competition. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "JS Kabylie : le SC Bastia annonce la signature de Mehdi Merghem". mediafootdz.dz. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "Merghem heads to Tannadice". Dundee United F.C. 12 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ farid (8 January 2019). "Un Franco-Algérien de ligue 2, proche de Guingamp".
- ↑ "Mehdi MERGHEM". unfp.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ "USMA 2 – CRB 0 : une USMA 9 étoiles". Competition. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Mehdi Merghem at Soccerway
- Mehdi Merghem – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Mehdi Merghem at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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- Footballers from Aubervilliers
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- Algerian men's footballers
- Algeria men's A' international footballers
- LB Châteauroux players
- En Avant Guingamp players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- S.C. Farense players
- USM Alger players
- JS Kabylie players
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- Dundee United F.C. players
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- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
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- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
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