Lamine Ghezali
 Ghezali with Dinamo București in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagny-sur-Marne, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Torcy | ||
| 2014–2017 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Saint-Étienne B | 62 | (12) |
| 2017–2022 | Saint-Étienne | 8 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Châteauroux (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Châteauroux B (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → SC Lyon (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → SC Lyon B (loan) | 2 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Dinamo București | 41 | (9) |
| 2024 | Levadiakos | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | UTA Arad | 17 | (0) |
| 2025– | AC Oulu | 21 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | France U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 | |||
Lamine Ghezali (Arabic: غزالي الأمين; born 6 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Career
Ghezali played youth football up to the age of 15 with Torcy, moving to the training centre of Saint-Étienne in August 2014.[2] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 23 April 2017 against Rennes.[3] Top scorer in the under-19 side, he signed his first professional contract, for three years, on 27 June 2017.[4] He scored his first senior goal with Saint-Étienne in a 5–0 victory at Caen in Ligue 1 on 16 March 2019.[5]
In July 2019, Ghezali was loaned to Ligue 2 side Châteauroux for the 2019–20 season.[6] He was loaned out again in July 2020, this time to Championnat National side SC Lyon.[7] On 15 January 2022, he made his Ligue 1 return for Saint-Étienne in a 2–1 home loss to Lens.[8]
On 17 August 2022, Ghezali joined Romanian side Dinamo București.[9] He was sold in January 2024 to Greek club Levadiakos.
Personal life
Born in France, Ghezali is of Algerian descent and has dual nationality.[10][11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 February 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | National 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | National 2 | 17 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | National 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | National 3 | 19 | 3 | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 62 | 12 | — | — | 62 | 12 | ||||
| Saint-Étienne | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Châteauroux (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Châteauroux B (loan) | 2019–20 | National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| SC Lyon (loan) | 2020–21 | National | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| SC Lyon B (loan) | 2020–21 | National 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dinamo București | 2022–23 | Liga II | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2[b] | 3 | 31 | 13 |
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 13 | ||
| Levadiakos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| UTA Arad | 2024–25 | Liga I | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| AC Oulu | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 162 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 174 | 29 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue
- ↑ Appearance in the Liga I promotion play-off
Honours
Levadiakos
References
- ↑ Lamine Ghezali at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- ↑ "Saint-Étienne vs. Stade Rennais - 23 April 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "ASSE - Mercato : Lamine Ghezali ravi d'être passé pro" (in French). foot-sur7.fr. 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ↑ "Caen vs. Saint-Etienne 0-5". Soccerway. 16 March 2019.
- ↑ "Arrivée de Lamine GHEZALI !" (in French). LB Châteauroux. 17 July 2019.
- ↑ "SC Lyon : un jeune espoir formé à l'ASSE arrive en prêt" (in French). monfoot69.fr. 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "Live Commentary - St Etienne vs RC Lens". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ↑ Jugravu, Robert (17 August 2022). "Întăriri pentru Ovidiu Burcă: Dinamo a transferat doi fotbaliști francezi! Unul dintre ei a jucat pentru Saint-Etienne până în ianuarie". ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ↑ "Saint-Étienne : Lamine Ghezali (17 ans) lancé en Ligue 1 !". Le site spécialisé de l’Equipe Nationale de Football d'Algérie (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lamine GHEZALI". unfp.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ↑ Lamine Ghezali at Soccerway
External links
- Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Algerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- US Torcy players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- LB Châteauroux players
- Lyon-La Duchère players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Levadiakos F.C. players
- FC UTA Arad players
- AC Oulu players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Super League Greece 2 players
- Veikkausliiga players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- 21st-century French sportsmen