Mehdi Tahrat

Mehdi Tahrat
	Tahrat with Lens in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Serge Jean Tahrat
Date of birth	24 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Meudon, France
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Troyes
Number	5
Youth career
2008–2009	Évry FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2012	Sainte-Geneviève
2012–2014	Lille B
2014–2016	Paris FC
2016	Red Star
2016–2018	Angers
2018	→ Valenciennes (loan)
2018–2019	Lens
2019–2021	Abha
2021–2023	Al Gharafa
2023–	Troyes
International career‡
2015–	Algeria
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Algeria
FIFA Arab Cup
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:33, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Mehdi Jean Tahrat (born Mehdi Serge Jean; 24 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defensive midfielder for Ligue 2 club Troyes. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

In July 2014, after playing for Lille's reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur, Tahrat signed with Championnat National side Paris FC.^[3]

In January 2018, he left Angers to join Valenciennes on loan for the rest of the season.^[4]^[5]

On 12 September 2023, Tahrat signed for Ligue 2 club Troyes on a contract until the end of the season, with an option for a further year.^[6]

In September 2015, Tahrat was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a pair of friendlies against Guinea and Senegal.^[7]

As of matches played on 26 July 2019^[8]

Algeria

^ "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ "Mehdi Jean signe au Paris FC" (in French). Paris FC. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ "Angers Sco. Mercato : Ciss et Tahrat prêtés à Valenciennes". Ouest-France (in French). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ "Transferts : Tahrat prêté à Valenciennes". DZFoot (in French). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ "MEHDI TAHRAT EST TROYEN" (in French). ES Troyes AC. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ AK (30 September 2015). "EN : Liste des sélectionnés pour la Guinée et le Sénégal" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Mehdi Tahrat at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
^ "Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.