Saïd Mehamha
{{Short description|Algerian footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Saïd Mehamha
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|4}}
| birth_place = Lyon, France
| height = 1.65 m
| position = Central midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1997–2008
| youthclubs1 = Lyon
| years1 = 2008–2012 | clubs1 = Lyon | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = JSM Béjaïa | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Torre Levante | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ?
| years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = AS Lyon-Duchère | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam1 = France U17 | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam2 = France U19 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2010 | nationalteam3 = Algeria U23 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
}}
Saïd Mehamha (born September 4, 1990) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Club career
Hatai Mehamha began his career at Lyon, joining the youth team in 1997 as a six-year-old. In 2008, he signed his first professional with the club, signing a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.olweb.fr/fr/article/mehamha-signe-un-premier-contrat-de-trois-ans-40099.html|title=Mehamha signe un premier contrat de trois ans|author=CC|publisher=OLWeb.fr|date=July 1, 2008|accessdate=October 19, 2013|language=French}} In July 2011, despite having never featured for the first team, the club extended his contract for one more season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9443-transferts-said-mehamha-porlonge-a-lyon.php|title=Saïd Mehamha porlongé à Lyon|author=Toufik O.|publisher=DZfoot|date=July 4, 2011|accessdate=October 19, 2013|language=French}}
In the summer of 2012, after an unsuccessful trial with Ligue 2 club Lens,{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-11552-transferts-said-mehamha-a-l-essai-au-rc-lens.php|title=Saïd Mehamha à l'essai au RC Lens|author=Walid Z.|publisher=DZFoot|date=May 24, 2012|accessdate=October 19, 2013|language=French}} Mehamha signed with Algerian club JSM Béjaïa.{{cite web|url=http://www.francefootball.fr/news/Mehamha-rebondit-a-bejaia/298325|title=Mehamha rebondit à Bejaïa|publisher=France Football|language=French|date=July 13, 2012|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}
International career
Mehamha was a member of the France U17 national team at the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Belgium. Later that year, he captained the Under-17's at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.
In 2010, Mehamha changed his international allegiance from France to Algeria and was subsequently called up to the Algeria U23 for a friendly match against Qatar.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-7490/en-u23-25-joueurs-convoques-par-ait-djoudi/|title=EN U23 : 25 joueurs convoqués par Aït Djoudi|author=FAF|publisher=DZfoot|date=September 29, 2010|accessdate=October 19, 2013|language=French}}
References
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Category:French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Category:Algerian men's footballers
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Lyon
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Algeria men's under-23 international footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Category:Olympique Lyonnais players