Mehdi Boukamir
Moroccan footballer (born 2004)
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Mehdi Boukamir (Arabic: مهدي بوكامير; born 26 January 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Charleroi. Born in Belgium, he represents Morocco at youth international level.
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| Date of birth | 26 January 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Belgium[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Charleroi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Espoir Jemeppe | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Charleroi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Zébra Élites | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Charleroi | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Pafos (loan) | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Belgium U18 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career
A youth product of Espoir Jemeppe and Charleroi, Boukamir signed his first professional contract with Charleroi on 6 February 2021.[2] He started training with Charleroi reserves in the beginning of the 2022–23 season before promoting to their senior team.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Charleroi in a 4–1 Belgian First Division A loss to Cercle Brugge on 21 October 2022.[4] On 13 February 2023, he extended his professional contract with Charleroi until 2025.[5]
On 9 September 2024, Boukamir was loaned to Pafos in Cyprus.[6]
International career
Born in Belgium, Boukamir's parents are both Moroccan. He was called up to a training camp for the Morocco U17s in October 2020.[7] He has since represented Belgium up to the U19s.[8]
In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself,[9][10] where the Atlas Lions won their first title[11][12] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11][13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 June 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Charleroi | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Pafos (loan) | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Career total | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
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