Riyad Karim Mahrez's Life and Career Journey in Football "Zidane's starvability made Mahrez motivated to become a soccer player"

Riyad Karim Mahrez was born on February 21, 1991 in Sarcelles, an area on the northern outskirts of Paris, France. Mahrez was born into a simple family. He was born to Ahmed Mahrez and Halima Mahrez.

His father was a true Algerian from the City of Beni Snous, located in the Province and District of Tlemcen. While his mother is Algerian of Moroccan descent.

In addition, the father is also a footballer who has defended the Algerian national team. While the mother only takes care of life in the house. Riyad Mahrez has a brother named Wahid Mahrez.

Riyad Mahrez grew up in an area known for his violence, drug trafficking, immigrant communities and rampant unemployment. Clashes often occur in these areas. In 2005 there was a big riot that made Mahrez had to stay at home for several days.

Sarceles is also a migrant environment that has produced many Muslim immigrant players, for example Zinedine Zidane. Zidane's starvability made Mahrez motivated to become a soccer player.

Little Mahrez likes to spend vacation time with family in Algeria. Mahrez often goes home to his father's country. Mahrez also loves his father very much.

In the course of his life from birth to adolescence, the figure of the father who often becomes a whip up his enthusiasm to be a successful person, especially in football. Without forgetting an important figure of a mother. The father often accompanied him to the training ground when Mahrez was young.

This zodiac-star young man began his career with the AAS Sarcelles academy at the age of 13 years. Mahrez is not like Ronaldinho, Mbappe, or Neymar, who since childhood have seen him will be a star player in the future.

Riyad Mahrez is just an ordinary player. Nothing looks special. At that time he was also physically weak, thin, his run was not fast, but fortunately he was still awarded a good technique.

At the age of 15, Mahrez had to accept the bitter truth because his father had died of a heart attack. The loss of a father figure in his life triggers Mahrez's enthusiasm to continue to develop the ability to process the round skin. In fact, he promised to become a professional player in honor of his late father.

Together with the AAS Sarcelles academy, despite being criticized by the coach for his physical condition, Mahrez was able to show that he was able to compete with his friends. He entered the reserve team at AAS Sarcelles.

Then, slowly enter the U-19 first team. People then began to realize the great potential of Mahrez, especially his ability to score goals from free kicks.

Four years after the death of his father, Mahrez signed a contract with a small club in the seventh division of the French league, Quimper. There, Mahrez played with Paul Pogba's brother, Mathias Pogba.

Mahrez's appearance at the club had made PSG and Olympique Marseile interested in recruiting him, but Mahrez refused and chose to join Le Havre in 2010. Meanwhile, at Quimper he made 22 appearances and scored 2 goals during one season.

Playing at Le Havre, Mahrez was first placed for the Le Havre reserve team. Until finally a few months later he made his debut in the first team. Together with Le Havre, Mahrez spent about three seasons, he went back and forth to strengthen the Le Havre reserve team and the main team that competed in Ligue 2.

While Mahrez was still playing for Le Havre, Leicester City's talent guide Steve Walsh was monitoring his team mate Ryan Mendes, but was impressed by Mahrez's performance. Riyad Mahrez had never heard of Leicester, which he initially regarded as a rugby club.

And on January 11, 2014, he officially signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at King Power Stadium. Initially his friends and family hesitated when Mahrez moved to English football because of his physical nature. They believed that his playing style would be more suitable if playing in Spain.

Mahrez made his debut at Leicester City on January 25, 2014, as a substitute replacing Lloyd Dyer, in a 2-0 win against Middlesbrough in the Championship Division. Ability Mahrez is able to help Leicester city promotion to the Premier League for the 2014/15 season.

In the 2014/15 season, Mahrez ended the season with a record of four goals and three assists from 30 appearances in the Premier League. In the following season Mahrez became one of Leicester's stars when he shocked the world by winning a primary league trophy.

In that season, Mahrez performed brilliantly with several other players such as Jamie Vardy, Ngolo Kante, Shinji Okazaki and others. His slick performance was awarded at the end of the season as the best player in the primary league. Mahrez scored 18 goals in all competitions in the season while bringing the Foxes to the Premier League champions.

Entering its third season with The Foxes, Mahrez extended his contract for four years in August 2016. He was nominated for Ballon d'Or in October 2016, and finished seventh. At the end of 2016 Mahrez received an award as Africa's best player from the BBC.

On 6 May 2017, Mahrez played his 100th Premier League match for Leicester against Watford. He then finished the season with 10 goals in 48 appearances in all competitions.

The 2017/18 season seems to be his last season with The Foxes, a record of 13 goals from 41 matches in all competitions is a public offering for the king power stadium. Mahrez's stunning performance saw Man City recruit him in the summer of 2018.

Riyad Mahrez was redeemed at a cost of 60 million, or about Rp. 1 trillion more, it made him the most expensive player in Africa. Mahrez said he wanted to win the Champions League with City.

Together with The Citizen, he made his debut as a starter on August 5, when City defeated Chelsea 2-0 to win the 2018 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium.

Mahrez ended the season by scoring 12 goals and 15 assists from 44 matches. Riyad Mahrez won the domestic treble winner in his inaugural season with City.

On the international stage, although born in France, Mahrez prefers to defend Algeria, it was done because of the will of his father while still alive. After making his debut in May 2014 against Armenia, Mahrez then appeared at the 2014 World Cup.

The peak of his achievements with the national team occurred in 2019 when he and his friends grabbed the African trophy trophy after beating Senegal 1-0. By himself serving as team captain. Until now Mahrez has made 13 goals from 53 matches.

In his personal life, Mahrez married his British lover, Rita Johal in 2015. A few months later they were blessed with a daughter. Until now Mahrez has two children.

In addition, Mahrez is known as a devout Muslim. Mahrez is also known to have performed Umrah in 2017. Outside of football, he has respect for fellow Muslims. For example, when the shooting in New Zealand some time ago, Mahrez showed sympathy through his Instagram account.

The genius of processing the round leather is directly proportional to the cold nature outside the field.