Mehdi Lehaire (born 22 January 2000) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club Resovia, on loan from

Miedź Legnica Miedź Legnica is a Polish professional football club, based in Legnica, Poland, that competes in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Miedź was founded in 1971. The club's manager is Wojciech Łobodziński. In 2018, Miedź Legnica achieved promotion to t ...

Club career

He made his debut for the main squad of Lierse on 19 May 2017 in the Europa League play-off game against

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as a 57th-minute substitute for Othman Boussaid. He made his

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debut for

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on 17 August 2018 in a game against

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as a 58th-minute substitute for

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. On 20 August 2020, he signed with Polish club

and was initially assigned to the second team in the

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. By mid-October, he was moved to the first team and made his

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debut on 16 October 2020. On 16 January 2023, he joined I liga side Resovia on loan until the end of the season.

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Lehaire is of Moroccan descent.

Honours

Miedź Legnica *

: 2021–22

References

2000 births People from Mouscron Footballers from Hainaut (province) Living people Belgian footballers Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent Association football midfielders Lierse S.K. players Jong FC Utrecht players Miedź Legnica players Resovia (football) players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub