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19.4732.46
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Leicester City Logo
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Highlights
AAH
7.1
AAH
Al Ahli
AHA
AHA
Al Hazem
Saudi ArabiaSA111 Aug 23
UGA
UGA
Uganda
ALG
6.1
ALG
Algeria
WorldAFRI18 Jun 23
BRE
BRE
Brentford
MCI
4.8
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandE128 May 23
B&H
B&H
Brighton & Hove Albion
MCI
5.8
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandE124 May 23
MCI
4.8
MCI
Manchester City
CHE
CHE
Chelsea
EnglandE121 May 23
MCI
6.5
MCI
Manchester City
RMA
RMA
Real Madrid
EuropeCL17 May 23
EVE
EVE
Everton
MCI
6.7
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandE114 May 23
MCI
7.3
MCI
Manchester City
LUN
LUN
Leeds United
EnglandE106 May 23
MCI
7.7
MCI
Manchester City
WHA
WHA
West Ham
EnglandE103 May 23
FUL
FUL
Fulham
MCI
6.8
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandE130 Apr 23
MCI
5.6
MCI
Manchester City
ARS
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE126 Apr 23
MCI
9.3
MCI
Manchester City
SUN
SUN
Sheffield United
EnglandFA22 Apr 23
MCI
5.6
MCI
Manchester City
LCI
LCI
Leicester City
EnglandE115 Apr 23
SOU
SOU
Southampton
MCI
5.4
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandE108 Apr 23
MCI
8.3
MCI
Manchester City
LIV
LIV
Liverpool
EnglandE101 Apr 23
NIG
NIG
Niger
ALG
5.8
ALG
Algeria
WorldAFRI27 Mar 23
ALG
9.1
ALG
Algeria
NIG
NIG
Niger
WorldAFRI23 Mar 23
MCI
8.1
MCI
Manchester City
BUR
BUR
Burnley
EnglandFA18 Mar 23
MCI
7.9
MCI
Manchester City
RLE
RLE
RB Leipzig
EuropeCL14 Mar 23
BCI
BCI
Bristol City
MCI
6.9
MCI
Manchester City
EnglandFA28 Feb 23

Riyad Karim Mahrez (Arabic: رياض كريم محرز, romanized: Riyāḍ Karīm Maḥraz; born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Algeria national team. Mahrez began his career as a youth player for French club AAS Sarcelles. He turned professional in 2009 with Quimper, where he played for only one season before moving to Le Havre, spending a total of three years with them, initially playing for their reserve team and then becoming a first-team regular. In January 2014, Mahrez signed for English side Leicester City, helping them win the Championship and promotion to the Premier League at the end of his first season. In the 2015–16 season he was the Algerian Footballer of the Year, the PFA Players' Player of the Year, and was a member of the Premier League PFA Team of the Year as he helped Leicester City win the Premier League. He signed for Manchester City in 2018, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup in his first season. Born in France, Mahrez made his international debut for Algeria in 2014 and represented them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021, winning the 2019 tournament. In 2016 he was named CAF's African Footballer of the Year. His friends and family were initially sceptical of a move to English football due to its physical nature, believing that his style of play would be more suited to Spain. Mahrez made his debut on 25 January 2014, coming on in the 79th minute as a substitute replacing fellow winger Lloyd Dyer, in the 2–0 win against Middlesbrough. After making four substitute appearances for Leicester, including scoring his first goal for the club, an 82nd-minute equaliser against local rivals Nottingham Forest, manager Nigel Pearson announced in February 2014 that he thought Mahrez was ready to start games. Mahrez did not offer a big season especially with the decline in the level of Leicester, but helped the team's arrival in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time, scoring four goals and two assists. Mahrez said he would not leave City despite his lack of game time, claiming that he knew his first season would be difficult and he had come to a stable team with good players but he trusted his potential. On 31 May 2014, Mahrez made his international debut for the Desert Foxes as a starter in a pre-World Cup friendly match against Armenia, and he was subsequently called up to the full squad for the tournament on 2 June. In October 2017, with Algeria's chances of reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup already ended, Mahrez and his (at the time) Leicester teammate Islam Slimani were dropped from the national team, with coach Lucas Alcaraz selecting several new players. A quick, creative and technically gifted player, his main traits are his trickery, balance, turn of pace, flair and dribbling skills. In his youth, he was noted for his ball skills, but was often overlooked due to his slender build; when Quimper's youth manager Ronan Salaün and his assistant Mickaël Pellen first noticed Mahrez, they commented that he was talented, a good set-piece taker, and he possessed excellent technique and dribbling skills with both feet, but that he was very slim and was lacking in the tactical aspect of the game, as he played primarily by instinct, having grown up playing street football; as such, after signing him, Salaün advised Mahrez to use his intelligence to avoid challenges, as he believed that he was not strong enough to withstand physical tackles. Leicester's former head of recruitment, Steve Walsh noted upon observing Mahrez play that: "Riyad was a bit raw but he had a great touch.

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