Aïssa Mandi
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Mandi with Lille in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aïssa Mandi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Châlons-en-Champagne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lille | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2009 | Reims | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Reims | 161 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Real Betis | 152 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Villarreal | 54 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Lille | 44 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Algeria | 115 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Aïssa Mandi (Arabic: عيسى ماندي; born 22 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.
Mandi made his international debut for Algeria in March 2014 and has since earned 115 caps, making him the most capped Algerian footballer of all time. He was a member of the Algerian team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025, winning the 2019 tournament.