Djamal Abdoulaye Mahamat Bindi ( ar, جمال عبدولاي محمد بيندي; born 26 April 1983 in

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), known as Mahamat, is a Libyan

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who plays as a

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Club career

After an unassuming spell with S.C. Salgueiros in

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(no appearances), Mahamat moved to

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and remained in the country for four of the five following years, playing exclusively in amateur football and mainly with

L'Entente SSG The Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien is a French association football team based in the suburb of Saint-Gratien in Paris. The team was founded in 1989 and play in the Championnat National 3, the country's fifth tier of competition. Recent history ...

. In the 2006–07 season, aged 23, he made his professional debuts, appearing for and G.D. Estoril Praia in the

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. In November 2007, Mahamat had unsuccessful trials in England with

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and

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. In the 2008 summer he returned from the French lower leagues and signed for

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

, also in the Portuguese second level. After a weak

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– 15 games – he became an undisputed first-choice for the Aveiro club. Mahamat made his Primeira Liga debut on 15 August 2010, playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

, and contributing with three goals as Beira-Mar eventually retained their status. In May 2011, just weeks after the season ended, he was purchased by fellow league side

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese ...

for an undisclosed fee; on 1 June 2011 his transfer was confirmed, with the player signing a four-year contract and reuniting with Beira-Mar boss

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International career

Mahamat was first called up by

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

in 2010 by Marcos Paquetá. Since then, he featured regularly for the national team, helping it qualify to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, and being selected for the 23-men squad for the finals in Equatorial Guinea and

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International goals

(Libya score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mahamat goal)

Personal life

Mahamat's father was also a footballer. He played for the Libyan national team from 1977 to 1986.

Honours

;Braga * Taça da Liga:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahamat, Djamal 1983 births Living people People from Tripoli, Libya Libyan people of Chadian descent Libyan footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Salgueiros players G.D. Estoril Praia players S.C. Beira-Mar players S.C. Braga players Gil Vicente F.C. players Entente SSG players Libya international footballers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Libyan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in France Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Libyan expatriates in France