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Samy Kehli
Personal information
Full name	Samy Kehli
Date of birth	27 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Saint-Avold, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	APM Metz
Youth career
2007–2010	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2016	Metz
2013–2014	→ Excelsior Virton (loan)
2014–2015	→ Seraing (loan)
2016–2017	Roeselare
2017–2018	Lokeren
2018	→ OH Leuven (loan)
2018–2021	OH Leuven
2022–2023	Racing FC
2023–	APM Metz
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023

Samy Kehli (born 27 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder. He is currently playing for APM Metz in the Régional 1 Grand Est.

Career

Kehli began his career in the reserve team at Metz, and made his debut in the Championnat de France amateur 2 in the 3–0 home win against Jarville on 9 May 2010. He entered play as a 60th-minute substitute for Mehdi Bousbaa and scored the team's final goal four minutes from time. He made a second substitute appearance three weeks later as Metz won 1–0 away at Pontarlier. He played several more matches for the reserve side during the first half of the 2010–11 campaign. On 29 January 2011 he made his debut for the senior team, coming on as a substitute for Yeni Ngbakoto in the 1–2 defeat away at Troyes. He was then handed his first professional start the following week in the 2–1 away win over Vannes. He went on to play in 11 Ligue 2 matches for Metz during the 2010–11 season, five of them as a substitute.

Kehli made his first appearance of the 2011–12 season in the opening-day defeat away at Tours on 27 July 2011. He played in a further seven league matches during the first five months of the campaign, including a starting place in the 1–0 home win over Reims.

Personal life

Kehli is of Algerian descent.^[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 June 2018^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metz II	2010–11	CFA	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2011–12		16	1	—		—		—		16	1
	2012–13		13	6	—		—		—		13	6
	2013–14	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2015–16	CFA 2	13	5	—		—		—		13	5
	Total		50	12	—		—		—		50	12
Metz	2010–11	Ligue 2	11	0	2	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2011–12	Ligue 2	8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2012–13	National	11	2	0	0	3	0	—		14	2
	2015–16	Ligue 2	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		37	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	44	2
Excelsior Virton (loan)	2013–14	Second Division	19	7	0	0	—		—		19	7
Seraing (loan)	2014–15	Second Division	31	12	1	0	—		—		32	12
Roeselare	2016–17	First Division B	26	6	1	0	—		7^[a]	2	34	8
Lokeren	2017–18	First Division A	16	1	2	0	—		—		18	1
OH Leuven (loan)	2017–18	First Division B	6	1	0	0	—		7^[b]	1	13	2
OH Leuven	2018–19	First Division B	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
OH Leuven	Total		13	2	0	0	—		7	1	13	2
Career total			185	41	8	0	3	0	14	3	210	44