Mehdi Boukassi

{{short description|Algerian footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mehdi Boukassi | image = | fullname = Mohamed El Mehdi Boukassi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|06|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Opava | clubnumber = 68 | youthyears1 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs1 = USM Bel Abbès | youthyears2 = 2009 | youthclubs2 = Paradou AC | youthyears3 = 2009–2011 | youthclubs3 = ASFA Oran | youthyears4 = 2011–2017 | youthclubs4 = Charleroi | youthyears5 = 2017 | youthclubs5 = Roda Kerkrade | years1 = 2017–2019 | clubs1 = Oliveirense | caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = Cherno More | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2021–2022 | clubs3 = Torpedo Kutaisi | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2022 | clubs4 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Raja CA | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = → Haka (loan) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 | clubs7= Tadamon Sour | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2024–2026 | clubs8 = Botev Vratsa | caps8 = 20 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2026– | clubs9 = Opava | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0 | club-update = 28 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Mohamed El Mehdi Boukassi''' ({{langx|ar|محمد المهدي بوكاسي}}; born 15 June 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Czech National Football League club Opava.

==Career== Boukassi played in Portugal and Bulgaria as well.<ref>{{cite news | title=Черно море подписа с халф, играл в Холандия и Португалия| url = http://chernomorepfc.bg/bg/%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b0-%d1%81-%d1%85%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%84-%d0%b8%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bb-%d0%b2-%d1%85%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd/ | website=chernomorepfc.bg | date=8 October 2019 | language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

In February 2021, Boukassi signed with Torpedo Kutaisi and was presented as a new player of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lelo.ge/article/video-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%93%E1%83%90-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%94-27726|title=ასეთია ახალი ტორპედო: ჰამზიჩიდან ზიდანამდე...|trans-title=Here is a new Torpedo: From Hamzic to Zidane...|publisher=Lelo|language=Georgian|date=27 February 2021|accessdate=27 February 2021}}</ref>

In March 2023, Boukassi was loaned out to Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka from Raja CA for the 2023 season. He eventually missed most of the season due to injury.<ref>[https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2023/03/09/hyokkaava-keskikentta-loytyi-marokosta-hakan-joukkue-kaudelle-2023-lahes-valmis Hyökkäävä keskikenttä löytyi Marokosta - Hakan joukkue kaudelle 2023 lähes valmis], veikkausliiga.com, 9 March 2023</ref>

In January 2024, he joined Tadamon Sour SC in Lebanon.

On 12 January 2026, Boukassi signed a contract with Czech National Football League club Opava until 2027.<ref>{{cite web | title=První posila roku 2026 dorazila do Simply Arény| url = https://www.sfc.cz/article/6289-Prvni-posila-roku-2026-dorazila-do-Simply-Areny | website=SFC Opava | date=12 January 2026 | language=cs |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref>

== Career statistics == {{updated|9 January 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Oliveirense |2017–18 |LigaPro |9||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||11||0 |- |2018–19 |LigaPro |15||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||15||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !24!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!26!!0 |- |rowspan=3|Cherno More |2019–20 |Bulgarian First League |10||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||11||1 |- |2020–21 |Bulgarian First League |5||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||6||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !15!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!17!!1 |- |Torpedo Kutaisi |2021 |Erovnuli Liga |35||6||1||0||colspan=2|–||36||6 |- |Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |2021–22 |Iraq Stars League |7||1||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in AFC Champions League|name=afccl}}||0||11||1 |- |Raja CA |2022–23 |Botola Pro |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |Haka (loan) |2023 |Veikkausliiga |4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |Tadamon Sour |2023–24 |Lebanese Premier League |8||1||0||0||colspan=2|–||8||1 |- |Botev Vratsa |2024–25 |Bulgarian First League |5||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||7||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !98!!9!!7!!0!!4!!0!!109!!9 |} {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|mehdi-boukassi/513200}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boukassi, Mehdi}} Category:1993 births Category:Sportspeople from Sidi Bel Abbès Category:21st-century Algerian sportsmen Category:Living people Category:Algerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:USM Bel Abbès players Category:Paradou AC players Category:U.D. Oliveirense players Category:PFC Cherno More Varna players Category:FC Torpedo Kutaisi players Category:Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players Category:Raja CA players Category:FC Haka players Category:POFC Botev Vratsa players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Erovnuli Liga players Category:Iraq Stars League players Category:Algerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:SFC Opava players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Category:Belgian people of Algerian descent