Brandon Mechele
{{Short description|Belgian footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brandon Mechele
| image = FC Salzburg vs. Club Brügge (Euroleague Sechzehntelfinale) 02.jpg
| caption = Mechele playing for Club Brugge in 2019
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bredene, Belgium
| height = 1.90 m
| currentclub = Club Brugge
| clubnumber = 44
| position = Centre-back
Sweeper
| youthyears1 = 1999–2013
| youthclubs1 = Club Brugge
| years1 = 2013–
| clubs1 = Club Brugge
| caps1 = 361
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = → Sint-Truidense (loan)
| caps2 = 17
| goals2 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = Belgium U21
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = Belgium
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 5 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 21 March 2025
}}
Brandon Mechele (born 28 January 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.
International career
Mechele earned his first full international call up when Roberto Martinez named him in the Belgium squad in October 2018.{{cite web
|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/martinez-looks-to-freshen-up-belgian-squad_sto6959923/story.shtml
|title=Martinez looks to freshen up Belgian squad
|publisher=Euro Sport
|date=5 October 2018 |accessdate=11 October 2018}} He made his Belgium national football team debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kazakhstan. He substituted Thomas Vermaelen in added time.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match?gameId=528918|title=Kazakhstan v Belgium game report|date=13 October 2019}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}{{soccerway|brandon-mechele/295563|access-date=9 August 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Belgian Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="14"|Club Brugge
|rowspan="13"|Belgian Pro League |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 49 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16
|18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9{{efn|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC|Appearance in Belgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|40 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 48 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19
|32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7{{efn|Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21
|35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22
|38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC}} | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC}} | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| 2023–24
|40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 61 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25
|40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC}} | 0 | 58 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!361 | 17 | 40 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 492 | 23 | |
| Sint-Truidense (loan)
|Belgian Pro League |17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs}} | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!377 | 19 | 40 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 509 | 25 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
{{updated|match played 20 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30794|title=Brandon Mechele|website=EU-Football.info|access-date=15 May 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals | ||
| rowspan="3"|Belgium
|2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total | 4 | 0 |
|---|
Honours
Club Brugge
- Belgian Pro League: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
- Belgian Cup: 2014–15, 2024–25
- Belgian Super Cup: 2021,{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/07/17/belgium/super-cup/club-brugge-kv/krc-genk/3512452/|title=Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2|website=Soccerway|date=17 July 2021}} 2022
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.clubbrugge.be/en/teams/a-kern/players/brandon-mechele Brandon Mechele] at the Club Brugge KN website
- {{Soccerway|brandon-mechele/295563}}
- {{RBFA player|PH_6407}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Club Brugge K.V. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mechele, Brandon}}
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Belgium men's international footballers
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Club Brugge KV players
Category:Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Category:Men's association football central defenders