Brandon Mechele

Brandon Mechele
Mechele playing for Club Brugge in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bredene, Belgium
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Club Brugge
Number 44
Youth career
1999–2013 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Club Brugge 339 (16)
2016–2017Sint-Truidense (loan) 17 (2)
International career
2013–2014 Belgium U21 8 (0)
2019– Belgium 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020

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

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Mechele earned his first full international call up when Roberto Martinez named him in the Belgium squad in October 2018.[1] 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.[2]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 December 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Belgian Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Brugge 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013–14 25 0 1 0 2[a] 0 28 0
2014–15 30 2 6 1 13[a] 0 49 3
2015–16 18 0 2 0 9[b] 0 1[c] 0 30 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 0 0 2 0
2017–18 40 3 5 2 3[e] 0 48 5
2018–19 32 0 1 0 7[f] 0 0 0 40 0
2019–20 24 0 6 1 8[g] 0 38 1
2020–21 35 2 3 0 4[h] 1 42 3
2021–22 38 0 4 0 3[d] 0 1[c] 0 46 0
2022–23 36 2 2 0 8[d] 0 1[c] 0 47 2
2023–24 40 5 5 0 16[i] 1 61 6
2024–25 18 2 1 0 6[d] 0 1[c] 0 26 2
Total 339 16 36 4 81 2 4 0 460 22
Sint-Truidense (loan) 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 17 2 0 0 1[j] 0 18 2
Career total 356 18 36 4 81 2 5 0 478 24
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  10. ^ Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs

International

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As of match played 11 November 2020.[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2019 1 0
2020 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

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Club Brugge

References

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  1. ^ "Martinez looks to freshen up Belgian squad". Euro Sport. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan v Belgium game report". ESPN. 13 October 2019.
  3. ^ Brandon Mechele at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Brandon Mechele". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
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