Lamine Ghezali

Lamine Ghezali

Ghezali with Dinamo București in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Lagny-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	UTA Arad
Number	14
Youth career
2006–2014	Torcy
2014–2017	Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2022	Saint-Étienne B	62	(12)
2017–2022	Saint-Étienne	8	(1)
2019–2020	→ Châteauroux (loan)	9	(0)
2019–2020	→ Châteauroux B (loan)	4	(0)
2020–2021	→ SC Lyon (loan)	14	(0)
2020–2021	→ SC Lyon B (loan)	2	(2)
2022–2024	Dinamo București	41	(9)
2024	Levadiakos	5	(0)
2024–	UTA Arad	14	(0)
International career
2015	France U17	1	(0)
2017	France U18	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2025

Lamine Ghezali (Arabic: غزالي الأمين; born 6 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga I club UTA Arad.

Career

Ghezali played youth football up to the age of 15 with Torcy, moving to the training centre of Saint-Étienne in August 2014.[2] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 23 April 2017 against Rennes.[3] Top scorer in the under-19 side, he signed his first professional contract, for three years, on 27 June 2017.[4] He scored his first senior goal with Saint-Étienne in a 5–0 victory at Caen in Ligue 1 on 16 March 2019.[5]

In July 2019, Ghezali was loaned to Ligue 2 side Châteauroux for the 2019–20 season.[6] He was loaned out again in July 2020, this time to Championnat National side SC Lyon.[7] On 15 January 2022, he made his Ligue 1 return for Saint-Étienne in a 2–1 home loss to Lens.[8]

On 17 August 2022, Ghezali joined Romanian side Dinamo București.[9] He was sold in January 2024 to Greek club Levadiakos.

Personal life

Born in France, Ghezali is of Algerian descent and has dual nationality.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 January 2025[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saint-Étienne B	2015–16	CFA 2	7	0	—		—		7	0
	2016–17	CFA 2	9	2	—		—		9	2
	2017–18	National 3	7	3	—		—		7	3
	2018–19	National 2	17	3	—		—		17	3
	2019–20	National 2	3	1	—		—		3	1
	2021–22	National 3	19	3	—		—		16	2
	Total		62	12	—		—		62	12
Saint-Étienne	2016–17	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	2021–22	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Châteauroux (loan)	2019–20	Ligue 2	9	0	1	0	1[a]	0	11	0
Châteauroux B (loan)	2019–20	National 3	4	0	—		—		4	0
SC Lyon (loan)	2020–21	National	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
SC Lyon B (loan)	2020–21	National 3	2	2	—		—		2	2
Dinamo București	2022–23	Liga II	24	9	5	1	2[b]	3	31	13
	2023–24	Liga I	17	0	4	0	—		21	0
	Total		41	9	9	1	2	3	52	13
Levadiakos	2023–24	Super League Greece 2	5	0	—		—		5	0
UTA Arad	2024–25	Liga I	14	0	3	1	—		17	1
Career total			159	24	13	2	3	3	171	29

1. Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue
2. Appearance in the Liga I promotion play-off

Honours

Levadiakos

• Super League Greece 2: 2023–24

References

1. Lamine Ghezali at WorldFootball.net
2. Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
3. "Saint-Étienne vs. Stade Rennais - 23 April 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. "ASSE - Mercato : Lamine Ghezali ravi d'être passé pro" (in French). foot-sur7.fr. 27 June 2017.
5. "Caen vs. Saint-Etienne 0-5". Soccerway. 16 March 2019.
6. "Arrivée de Lamine GHEZALI !" (in French). LB Châteauroux. 17 July 2019.
7. "SC Lyon : un jeune espoir formé à l'ASSE arrive en prêt" (in French). monfoot69.fr. 23 July 2020.
8. "Live Commentary - St Etienne vs RC Lens". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
9. Jugravu, Robert (17 August 2022). "Întăriri pentru Ovidiu Burcă: Dinamo a transferat doi fotbaliști francezi! Unul dintre ei a jucat pentru Saint-Etienne până în ianuarie". ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
10. "Saint-Étienne : Lamine Ghezali (17 ans) lancé en Ligue 1 !". Le site spécialisé de l’Equipe Nationale de Football d'Algérie (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Lamine GHEZALI". unfp.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
12. Lamine Ghezali at Soccerway

External links

• Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Lamine Ghezali at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)