Nayel Mehssatou

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mehssatou and the second or maternal family name is Sepúlveda.
Nayel Mehssatou
Personal information
Full name Nayel Rayan Mehssatou Sepúlveda
Date of birth (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22)
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 58 (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 28 March 2024
‡ 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. 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Met Nayel Mehssatou legt RSCA opnieuw jeugdproduct onder contract". Officiele website Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Anderlecht: Nayel Mehssatou et… Bryan Reynolds vers Courtrai". Édition digitale de Bruxelles. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Mehssatou na debuut: "Het was de juiste keuze om naar Kortrijk te komen"". www.voetbalprimeur.be. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (3 October 2019). "Quién es el futbolista que deslumbra en Bélgica y que fue convocado por la "Roja" Sub 17 | Emol.com". Emol. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ^ "La Roja viaja a Asia para disputar tres partidos preparatorios". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Chile 0 - Corea del Sur 2: Resultado, goles y crónica del debut de Eduardo Berizzo". 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Nayel Mehssatou can stay with the A-core of Anderlecht". www.archysport.com. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.