Mehdi Abeid

Mehdi Abeid (Arabic: مهدي عبيد‎; born 6 August 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr and the Algeria national team.[3]

Mehdi Abeid
Abeid warming up with Dijon before a Ligue 1 match
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Abeid[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al Nasr
Number 8
Youth career
1999–2002 Thiais
2002–2003 US Alfortville
2003–2010 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Lens II 12 (0)
2011–2015 Newcastle United 13 (0)
2013 → St Johnstone (loan) 12 (0)
2013–2014 → Panathinaikos (loan) 32 (9)
2015–2016 Panathinaikos 29 (3)
2016–2019 Dijon 73 (6)
2019–2021 Nantes 25 (1)
2021– Al Nasr 0 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 France U16 11 (2)
2008–2009 France U17 16 (3)
2010 France U18 2 (0)
2011 Algeria U23 5 (0)
2015– Algeria 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:32, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:32, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Personal

Abeid was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Algerian parents originally from Aïn Témouchent, Algeria.[4]

Club career

Lens

Abeid joined RC Lens in 2003 and was part of the academy team for eight years before he left to join Newcastle United.[5]

Newcastle United

Abeid joined Newcastle United on 25 May 2011, signing a five-year contract.[6] Following his transfer, he stated:

"After eight fantastic years at Lens, I have stagnated. I needed a change of air. I am not afraid to leave for abroad, I have had contact dating back some time and I visited the facilities there last week. I even trained with the reserve team. The leaders of the club told me about their plans and that they will rely on me for next season. For my part, I intend to give everything to develop in the Premier League. I already discussed things with Cheick Tioté and they encouraged me and welcomed my signature".

Abeid made his debut for Newcastle United in a pre-season friendly against Darlington, which was followed by a pitch invasion, which caused the game to be delayed for ten minutes.[7] On 20 September 2011, Abeid made his official debut for the club as a starter against Nottingham Forest in the third round of the 2011–12 Football League Cup.[8] He scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Turkish side Fenerbahçe on 21 July 2012.[9]

Loan to St Johnstone

On 31 January 2013, Abeid went on loan to Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone until the end of the season.[10]

Loan to Panathinaikos

On 30 July 2013, Abeid signed a one-year loan deal with Panathinaikos. He scored his first goal in a match against Veria. He went on to help his team achieve third place, three points behind runners-up PAOK. He contributed with seven goals and five assists in 28 appearances, being the team's second-highest goalscorer of the season.[11] On 26 April 2014, he helped Panathinaikos win the Greek Cup, their first since 2010.[12] He then helped his team win the Greek play-offs for the Champions League by scoring two goals in four games.

Return to Newcastle United

On 1 November 2014, three years after he signed for the club, Abeid made his Premier League debut for Newcastle United, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win over Liverpool.[13] He suffered a fractured toe while on international duty with Algeria in mid-November.[14]

Panathinaikos

On 18 August 2015, Abeid joined Panathinaikos for an undisclosed fee.[15] His excellent performance during the season was a passport to be called up in Algeria squad ahead of African Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia on 25 and 29 March 2016.[16]

Dijon

On 30 August 2016, the second spell of Abeid with Panathinaikos was officially terminated, since the Algerian international central midfielder joined Dijon FCO. The 24-year-old former player of Newcastle United, who failed to repeat the impressive performances of 2013–14 season after his return to the Greens at summer of 2015 and was not in manager Andrea Stramaccioni's plans, signed a three-season contract with the french club, while Panathinaikos kept a percentage of his rights, in order to make some profit in case of a future transfer.[17]

Nantes

In July 2019, Abeid joined Dijon's Ligue 1 rivals FC Nantes on a free transfer following the expiration of his Dijon contract. He reportedly agreed a three-year deal with Nantes.[18]

Al-Nasr

In late January 2021, Abeid joined UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr for a fee of £1.35m.

International career

In 2009, Abeid was a member of the France national under-17 team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Germany. He played in all three of France's group games, starting two of them. He has also been capped at under-16 and under-18 level.

In September 2011, Abeid said that he was considering an offer to switch allegiance and represent Algeria at under-23 level.[4] On 30 September, sports daily Le Buteur announced that Abeid had spoken to Algeria's under-23 coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi and confirmed that he would be joining the team for a training camp in October.[19] On 8 October, he started for the team in a friendly against USM Alger.[20] On 13 November, he made his official debut as a starter in a 2–0 win against South Africa.[21] On 16 November, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco.[22]

In November 2014, Abeid received his first international call-up to the senior team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia and Mali.[23] A fractured toe ruled him out of selection for both games.[14] In June 2015, he made his full international debut, coming on as a substitute for the last 5 minutes of a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles.[24]

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 July 2019.[5][25]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Others Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens B 2009–10 CFA 800000—80
2010–11 CFA 1130000—113
Total 193000000193
Newcastle United 2011–12 Premier League 001010—20
2012–13 Premier League 0010002[lower-alpha 1]030
2014–15 Premier League 1300030—160
Total 130204020210
St Johnstone (loan) 2012–13 Scottish Premier League 120100000130
Panathinaikos 2013–14 (loan) Superleague Greece 28761004[lower-alpha 2]23810
2015–16 Superleague Greece 24361005[lower-alpha 3]0354
Total 521012200927314
Dijon 2016–17 Ligue 1 283000000283
2017–18 Ligue 1 190001000200
2018–19 Ligue 1 263100020293
Total 736101020776
Nantes 2019–20 Ligue 1 251212100293
Career total 194201837113223226
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  2. Appearances in the Superleague Greece UEFA Champions League play-offs.
  3. Appearances in the Superleague Greece UEFA Champions League play-offs.

International
As of matches played on 30 July 2020[26]
Algeria
YearAppsGoals
201520
201610
201720
201800
201981
Total131

International goals
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[26]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 March 2019Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria Gambia1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club

Panathinaikos

International

Algeria

References
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  6. "Toon seal Abeid swoop". Sky Sports. 25 May 2011.
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  8. Marshall, Anthony (20 September 2011). "Forest 3 Newcastle 4 (After Extra-Time)". Newcastle United FC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  9. Marshall, Anthony (21 July 2012). "Newcastle 1 Fenerbahce 1". Newcastle United FC. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
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  11. "Greece – Panathinaikos FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  12. "Panathinaikos beats PAOK 4–1 in Greek Cup final". 26 April 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  13. Chowdhury, Saj (1 November 2014). "Newcastle United 1–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport.
  14. Douglas, Mark (17 November 2014). "Newcastle United pondering loan exits after Mehdi Abeid suffers injury blow". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  15. "Mehdi Abeid leaves Newcastle for Greek club Panathinaikos". BBC Sport. 21 August 2015.
  16. "Abeid called up in Algeria National Team". www.sdna.gr. 7 March 2016.
  17. "Επίσημο: Στην Ντιζόν ο Αμπέντ για τρία χρόνια". www.sport24.gr. 31 August 2016.
  18. "Mercato. Mehdi Abeid au FC Nantes, c'est officiel". Ouest France (in French). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  19. EN olympique : Abeid convoqué Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Le Buteur, 30 September 2011.
  20. E.N. U23 : match nul des Olympiques contre l'USM Alger; DZFoot.com, 8 October 2011.
  21. EN U23 : Algérie 2–0 Afrique du Sud (amical); DZFoot, 13 November 2011.
  22. EN U23 : Les 21 joueurs sélectionnés; DZFoot, 16 November 2011.
  23. "Newcastle's Abeid earns call-up to Algeria squad". Reuters Africa. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  24. "Algérie 4–0 Seychelles". DZfoot. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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  26. Mehdi Abeid at National-Football-Teams.com
  27. "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
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