Houssem_Eddine_Mrezigue
Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
Algerian footballer (born 2000)
Houssem Eddine Mrezigue (Arabic: حسام الدين ميرازيق; born 23 March 2000) is an Algerian international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for CR Belouizdad.[2]
 Merizegue with CR Belouizdad in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Houssem Eddine Mezigue[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aïn Arnat, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | CR Belouizdad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–2019 | ES Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | MC Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | CR Belouizdad | 70 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Vizela (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Algeria U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Algeria | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
In July 2020, he signed a four-year contract with CR Belouizdad.[3] On 29 August 2023, CR Belouizdad sent Mrezigue on loan to Primeira Liga side Vizela, with a future option to make the move permanent.[4] On 5 February 2024, he returned to CR Belouizdad after an unsuccessful experience with Vizela.[5]
He made his debut for the Algeria national football team on 1 December 2021 in a 2021 FIFA Arab Cup game against Sudan.[6]
Mrezigue was part of the Algeria squad that finished runners-up in the 2022 African Nations Championship (which took place in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa), and was elected Player of the Tournament.[7]
CR Belouizdad
Algeria
- "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- Houssem Eddine Mrezigue at Soccerway
- "Houssem-Eddine Mrezigue (ex-MCA U21) signe pour quatre ans". djazairess.com. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "Vizela oficializa médio argelino Houssem Mrezigue" [Vizela announces Algerian midfielder Houssem Mrezigue] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 30 August 2023.
- "CRB : Mrezigue de retour". competition.dz. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- "Algeria v Sudan game report". FIFA. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- "Africa: Mrezigue Named TotalEnergies CHAN 2022 Best Player". Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- "Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- Houssem Eddine Mrezigue at Soccerway
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