Nayel Mehssatou
Personal information
Full name Nayel Rayan Mehssatou Sepúlveda
Date of birth (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kortrijk
Number 6
Youth career
2008–2009 Toekomst Relegem
2009–2022 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2022– Kortrijk 40 (0)
International career‡
2017 Morocco U15 1 (0)
2017 Belgium U15 0 (0)
2019 Chile U17 2 (0)
2019 Belgium U18 4 (1)
2022– Chile 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:42, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Nayel Rayan Mehssatou Sepúlveda (born 8 August 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Kortrijk and the Chile national team.

Career

Mehssatou is a youth product of Toekomst Relegem and Anderlecht, having stayed in Anderlecht's youth academy for 13 years.[1] He signed his first professional contract with Anderlecht on 18 December 2019.[2] On 18 January 2022, he moved to Kortrijk, signing a 3.5 year contract.[3] He made his professional debut with Kortrijk in a 3–2 Belgian First Division A loss to Union Saint-Gilloise on 5 March 2022.[4]

International career

Born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and a Chilean mother, Mehssataou was eligible to play for Belgium, Morocco and Chile. Mehssatou first represented Morocco and Belgium at under-15 level in 2017, switching to the Chile under-U17 in October 2019. He then switched back to Belgium, representing the Belgium under-18 that same year, scoring once in 4 appearances.[5]

Mehssatou was called up to the senior Chile national team for friendlies and the 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer tournament in June 2022.[6]
He made his debut for Chile on 6 June 2022, starting in a 2–0 loss to South Korea.[7]

Personal life

Mehssatou was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and a Chilean mother.[8] His mother, Michelle Sepúlveda, was born in Santiago and moved to Brussels in 1975 along with her Chilean family.

References

  1. ↑ "Nayel Mehssatou ne regrette pas d'avoir quitté Anderlecht : "C'était une décision très difficile"". Walfoot.be. April 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Met Nayel Mehssatou legt RSCA opnieuw jeugdproduct onder contract". Officiele website Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht.
  3. ↑ "Anderlecht: Nayel Mehssatou et… Bryan Reynolds vers Courtrai". Édition digitale de Bruxelles. January 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mehssatou na debuut: "Het was de juiste keuze om naar Kortrijk te komen"". www.voetbalprimeur.be.
  5. ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (October 3, 2019). "Quién es el futbolista que deslumbra en Bélgica y que fue convocado por la "Roja" Sub 17 | Emol.com". Emol.
  6. ↑ "La Roja viaja a Asia para disputar tres partidos preparatorios". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chile 0 - Corea del Sur 2: Resultado, goles y crónica del debut de Eduardo Berizzo". 7 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nayel Mehssatou can stay with the A-core of Anderlecht". www.archysport.com. 15 July 2021.
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