Aïssa Mandi

Aïssa Mandi
Mandi with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Full name Aïssa Mandi
Date of birth (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Châlons-en-Champagne, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
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 45 (1)
International career‡
2014– Algeria 115 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2026

Aïssa Mandi (Arabic: عيسى ماندي; born 22 October 1991) is a professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Mandi is the most capped Algerian footballer, with 115 caps, and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and six Africa Cup of Nations. He and Riyad Mahrez also both hold the record for the most appearances for Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 March 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims 2009–10 Championnat National 100000——10
2010–11 Ligue 2 801010——100
2011–12 2610010——271
2012–13 Ligue 1 2921000——302
2013–14 3301020——360
2014–15 3260010——336
2015–16 3251000——335
Total 161144050000017014
Real Betis 2016–17 La Liga 26220———282
2017–18 34110———351
2018–19 35171—60—482
2019–20 29010———300
2020–21 28340———323
Total 15271510060001738
Villarreal 2021–22 La Liga 17121—2010222
2022–23 21040—100—350
2023–24 16110—50—221
Total 542710017010793
Lille 2024–25 Ligue 1 24010—60—310
2025–26 21100—110—320
Total 451100017000631
Career total 41224271504001048526

International

As of match played 10 January 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 2014100
2015110
201641
2017110
201860
2019130
202040
202192
2022121
202380
2024142
2025121
202620
Total1157
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mandi goal.
List of international goals scored by Aïssa Mandi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
129 March 2016Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia2–23–32017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
229 March 2021Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria Botswana1–05–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
312 October 2021Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger Niger2–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
44 June 2022Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria Uganda1–02–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
522 March 2024Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Bolivia3–23–22024 FIFA Series
617 November 2024Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria Liberia1–15–12025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
725 March 2025Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria Mozambique2–05–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Algeria

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Betis profile". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Así juega Aïssa Mandi Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine‚ sevilla.eldesmarque.com, 29 June 2016
  4. ↑ Rek, Mohamed (7 January 2026). "Mahrez and Mandi break Rabah Madjer's record at AFCON". Foot Africa.
  5. ↑ Aïssa Mandi at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "A. Mandi". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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