Ibrahim Maza
Algerian footballer (born 2005)
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Ibrahim Maza (Arabic: إبراهيم مازة; born 24 November 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a Attacking Midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Born in Germany, he plays for the Algeria national team.
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Maza in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Reinickendorfer Füchse | ||
| 2018–2023 | Hertha BSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Hertha BSC II | 9 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Hertha BSC | 48 | (7) |
| 2025– | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Germany U18 | 8 | (3) |
| 2024 | Germany U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2024 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Algeria | 20 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2026 | |||
Club career
Maza is a youth product of Reinickendorfer Füchse, before moving to the youth academy of Hertha BSC in 2018. He started his senior career with the Hertha reserves in 2022. On 27 April 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Hertha until 2026.[1] He made his professional debut with Hertha BSC as a substitute in a 2–0 Bundesliga loss to Bayern Munich on 30 April 2023. With Hertha having already been relegated the previous week, Maza came on as a substitute and scored his first senior goal, equalising in a 2–1 away win against VfL Wolfsburg on 27 May 2023.[2]
On 1 May 2025, it was announced that Maza would join Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season. He was transferred for a reported fee of €12 million, and he signed a contract until 2030.[3][4] As the year progressed, he scored his first goals for the club on 8 November by netting a brace in a 6–0 win over Heidenheim.[5] Later that month, on 25 November, he provided his first assist in the UEFA Champions League in a 2–0 away win over Manchester City.[6]
International career
Born in Germany, Maza is of Algerian and Vietnamese descent. He holds Algerian and German passports. He is a former youth international, having played for Germany at the U18, U19, and U20 level.[7]
In October 2024, Maza was called up to the Algeria national football team for the first time for a pair of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Togo. He made debut on the 89th minute of the match.[8] He was included in the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and made his World Cup debut in the first group stage match against Argentina. He started the match as a midfielder and played for 82 minutes. Maza is nicknamed "Mazadona" within Algeria, named after Maradona.[9]
Personal life
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2022–23[11] | Regionalliga Nordost | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24[12] | Regionalliga Nordost | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Hertha BSC | 2022–23[11] | Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023–24[12] | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25[13] | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 36 | 7 | ||
| Total | 48 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 51 | 9 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2025–26[14] | Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12[a] | 0 | 44 | 5 |
| Career total | 85 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 104 | 16 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 16 June 2026[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 2 | |
- As of match played 31 December 2025
- Algerria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Maza goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 December 2025 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | 9 |  Sudan | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 31 December 2025 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | 11 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |