Mehdi Léris

Mehdi Léris
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris
Date of birth (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998
Place of birth Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Pisa
Number 7
Youth career
Stade Montois
2013–2016 Chievo
2016–2017 → Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Chievo 27 (0)
2019–2023 Sampdoria 67 (2)
2021–2022 → Brescia (loan) 33 (2)
2023–2024 Stoke City 30 (2)
2024– Pisa 37 (2)
International career‡
2022– Algeria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2023

Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris (Arabic: مهدي باسكال مارسيل ليريس; born 23 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right wing-back for Serie B club Pisa. Born in France, he represents the Algeria national team.

Léris began his career with French club Stade Montois before joining Serie A side Chievo in 2013. After a brief loan spell with Juventus' youth team, he made his Serie A debut for Chievo in 2017. In August 2019 he joined Sampdoria for a fee of €2.5 million. He spent five years at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, spending the 2021–22 season with Brescia. In the summer of 2023, he moved to EFL Championship side Stoke City.

Club career

Chievo

Léris caught the eye of Italian club Chievo in an amateur showcase tournament in Paris in 2013 whilst playing for his home town club Stade Montois, and thereafter joined the youth academy of the team.[2] Léris moved on loan to Juventus with an option to buy for a year, becoming a part of the youth squad without making an appearance for the senior team.[3][4] Léris returned to Chievo, and made his professional debut with them in a 3–0 Serie A loss to Juventus on 9 September 2017.[5] After making four appearances in 2017–18, he played 24 times in 2018–19 as Chievo suffered financial difficulties and were relegated to Serie B.[6] He scored his first senior goal on 5 December 2018 in a 2–1 defeat against Cagliari in the Coppa Italia.[7]

Sampdoria

On 12 August 2019, Léris signed a five-year deal with Sampdoria for a fee of around €2.5 million.[8] He made 16 appearances in 2019–20, scoring once in a 1–1 draw with Brescia in the final match of the campaign.[9] In 2020–21, Léris made 22 appearances as Sampdoria finished in ninth place.[10] On 18 August 2021, he joined Serie B side Brescia on loan for the 2021–22 season.[11] He was a regular in the side helping them reach the semi-finals of the play-offs where they were defeated by AC Monza.[12] He returned to Sampdoria for the 2022–23 season, playing 35 times as the Stadio Luigi Ferraris side endured a terrible campaign winning only three matches and were relegated to Serie B.[13]

Stoke City

On August 22, 2023, Léris joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[14] He scored on his full debut for Stoke on 29 August 2023 in a 6–1 win against Rotherham United in the EFL Cup.[15] His first goal in the Championship came on 30 September 2023 in a 3–2 win against Bristol City.[16] In the 2023–24 season, Léris made 33 appearances of which 18 were starts as Stoke successfully avoided relegation, finishing in 17th position.[17][18]

Pisa

Léris left Stoke on 13 August 2024, to join Serie B club Pisa, with a lack of game time being cited as a factor in his desire to seek a return to Italian football.[19]

International career

Léris was called up to the Algeria national team for a set of friendlies in November 2022.[20] He debuted with them in a 1–1 friendly tie with Mali on 16 November 2022.[21]

Personal life

Léris was born in Mont-de-Marsan, France to a French father of Spanish descent and an Algerian mother.[20] Léris' father, Yannick, is a former amateur footballer and a U16 football coach in France.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 May 2026[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chievo 2017–18[24] Serie A 4000——40
2018–19[25] Serie A 23011——241
Total 27011——281
Sampdoria 2019–20[26] Serie A 15110——161
2020–21[27] Serie A 20020——220
2021–22[27] Serie A 0000——00
2022–23[28] Serie A 32130——351
2023–24[23] Serie B 0011——11
Total 67271——743
Brescia (loan) 2021–22[23] Serie B 33200—3[c]0362
Stoke City 2023–24[29] EFL Championship 3021021—333
Pisa 2024–25 Serie B 3000——30
2025–26 Serie A 31210——322
Total 34210——352
Career total 1918102213020711
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[30]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202220
202320
Total40

References

  1. ↑ "Mehdi Léris". U.C. Sampdoria. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ↑ S.p.A., Società Editrice Athesis. "La Signora alla finestra per il gioiellino Leris". L'Arena.it.
  3. ↑ "Officiel - Un jeune français signe à la Juventus". 21 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Football : le jeune Montois Mehdi Léris, joueur à la Juventus, rencontre le pape François". 17 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Juventus 3-0 Chievo". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Sad Story of Chievo Verona". The Breeze. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Chievo Cagliari 1-2: decide Pisacane, sardi agli ottavi di Coppa Italia contro l'Atalanta" [Chievo Cagliari 1-2: Pisacane decides, Sardinians in the Italian Cup round of 16 against Atalanta]. Sky Sports Italia (in Italian). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Samp, dal Chievo arriva Leris. Ha firmato fino al 2024". Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sampdoria's 2019/20: From Fighting for Europe to Fighting for Survival". breakingthelines.com. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "A SEASON IN REVIEW: SAMPDORIA 2020/21". forzaitalianfootball.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Mehdi Léris è un nuovo calciatore del Brescia" (in Italian). Brescia. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "MONZA VS. BRESCIA 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Bettoni, Lorenzo (13 June 2023). "Sampdoria 2022-23 Season Review: Endless nightmare". football-italia.net. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Mehdi Leris lands in the Potteries". Stoke City FC. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Stoke City 6–1 Rotherham United". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Bristol City 2-3 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  17. ↑ Smith, Pete (9 May 2024). "Pete Smith's Stoke City end of season player ratings for 35-man squad". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Southampton 0-1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "Mehdi Léris joins Pisa on permanent deal". Stoke City. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  20. 1 2 Bouzidi, Lotfi (24 February 2017). "Futur DZ : Concurrence entre l'Algérie l'Espagne et la France pour le talent de la Juvé - Fennec Football".
  21. ↑ "Algérie Mali : À peine sur le terrain, Leris fait un bad buzz (Vidéo)". fennecfootball.com. 17 November 2022.
  22. ↑ "Football : le Chievo Vérone fait de l'œil à Mehdi Léris". 23 April 2013.
  23. 1 2 3 Mehdi Léris at Soccerway
  24. ↑ "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Mehdi Léris in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. ↑ Mehdi Léris at National-Football-Teams.com
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