Nayel Mehssatou
Chilean footballer (born 2002)
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Nayel Rayan Mehssatou Sepúlveda (born 8 August 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco, Belgium, and Chile as a junior internationally, before switching allegiance on the senior level to the Chile national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nayel Rayan Mehssatou Sepúlveda | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Toekomst Relegem | ||
| 2009–2022 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Kortrijk | 101 | (5) |
| 2025– | Standard Liège | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Belgium U15 | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Chile U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Belgium U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Chile | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:42, 6 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
Mehssatou is a youth product of Toekomst Relegem [nl] and Anderlecht, having stayed in Anderlecht's youth academy for 13 years.[1] He signed his first professional contract with Anderlecht on 18 December 2019.[2] On 18 January 2022, he moved to Kortrijk, signing a 3.5 year contract.[3] He made his professional debut with Kortrijk in a 3–2 Belgian First Division A loss to Union Saint-Gilloise on 5 March 2022.[4]
On 20 June 2025, Mehssatou joined Standard Liège on a three-year contract.[5]
International career
Born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and a Chilean mother, Mehssataou was eligible to play for Belgium, Morocco and Chile. Mehssatou first represented Morocco and Belgium at under-15 level in 2017, switching to the Chile under-U17 in October 2019. He then switched back to Belgium, representing the Belgium under-18 that same year, scoring once in 4 appearances.[6]
Mehssatou was called up to the senior Chile national team for friendlies and the 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer tournament in June 2022.[7]
He made his debut for Chile on 6 June 2022, starting in a 2–0 loss to South Korea.[8]