Mehdi Lehaire
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mouscron, Belgium[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| Number | 59 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Lierse | ||
| 2018 | Utrecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Lierse | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong FC Utrecht | 19 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Miedź Legnica II | 9 | (1) |
| 2020–2025 | Miedź Legnica | 88 | (5) |
| 2023 | → Resovia (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Corvinul Hunedoara (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2025– | Gloria Bistrița | 17 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 May 2026 | |||
Mehdi Lehaire (born 22 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club Gloria Bistrița.[2]
Club career
He made his debut for the main squad of Lierse on 19 May 2017 in the Europa League play-off game against Standard Liège as a 57th-minute substitute for Othman Boussaid.[3]
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong FC Utrecht on 17 August 2018 in a game against Go Ahead Eagles as a 58th-minute substitute for Rayan El Azrak.[4]
On 20 August 2020, he signed with Polish club Miedź Legnica and was initially assigned to the second team in the III liga.[5] By mid-October, he was moved to the first team and made his I liga debut on 16 October 2020.[6]
On 16 January 2023, he joined I liga side Resovia on loan until the end of the season.[7]
On 29 August 2024, Lehaire was sent on a season-long loan to Romanian cup holders club Corvinul Hunedoara.[8]
On 12 July 2025, Lehaire moved to Liga II newcomers Gloria Bistrița.[9]
Personal life
Born in Belgium, Lehaire is of Moroccan descent.[10]
Honours
Miedź Legnica
References
- ↑ Mehdi Lehaire at Soccerway
- ↑ à la découverte de Mehdi Lehaire, parti à la conquête d'Utrecht footmercato.net
- ↑ "Liege v Lierse game report". Soccerway. 19 May 2017.
- ↑ "Go Ahead Eagles v Jong Utrecht game report". Soccerway. 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "Utalentowany Belg w Miedzi II" (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 20 August 2020.
- ↑ "Miedź Legnica v Puszcza Niepołomice game report". Soccerway. 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Mehdi Lehaire w Resovii" (in Polish). Resovia. 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Mehdi Lehaire wypożyczony do FC Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara" (in Romanian). Miedź Legnica. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ "Mehdi Lehaire w Glorii Bistrița". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 12 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ↑ "Au moins 41 Marocains en deuxième division néerlandaise". 20 August 2019.
- 2000 births
- Footballers from Mouscron
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian people of Moroccan descent
- Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Lierse SK (1906) players
- Jong FC Utrecht players
- Miedź Legnica players
- Resovia (football) players
- FC Corvinul Hunedoara players
- CS Gloria Bistrița (football) footballers
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Ekstraklasa players
- I liga players
- III liga players
- Liga II players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian football midfielder stubs