Ibrahim Maza

Ibrahim Maza
إبراهيم مازة
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-11-24) 24 November 2005
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 30
Youth career
2011–2018 Reinickendorfer Füchse
2018–2023 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Hertha BSC II 9 (2)
2023–2025 Hertha BSC 48 (7)
2025– Bayer Leverkusen 20 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 Germany U18 8 (3)
2024 Germany U19 3 (1)
2024 Germany U20 2 (0)
2024– Algeria 13 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 January 2026

Ibrahim Maza (Arabic: إبراهيم مازة; born 24 November 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Born in Germany, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Maza is a youth product of Reinickendorfer Füchse, before moving to the youth academy of Hertha BSC in 2018. He started his senior career with the Hertha reserves in 2022. On 27 April 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Hertha until 2026.[1] He made his professional debut with Hertha BSC as a substitute in a 2–0 Bundesliga loss to Bayern Munich on 30 April 2023. With Hertha having already been relegated the previous week, Maza came on as a substitute and scored his first senior goal, equalising in a 2–1 away win against VfL Wolfsburg on 27 May 2023.[2]

On 1 May 2025, it was announced that Maza would join Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season. He was transferred for a reported fee of €12 million, and he signed a contract until 2030.[3][4] As the year progressed, he scored his first goals for the club on 8 November by netting a brace in a 6–0 win over Heidenheim.[5] Later that month, on 25 November, he provided his first assist in the UEFA Champions League in a 2–0 away win over Manchester City.[6]

International career

Born in Germany, Maza is of Algerian and Vietnamese descent. He holds Algerian and German nationalities. He is a former youth international, having played for Germany at the U18, U19, and U20 level.[7]

In October 2024, Maza was called up to the Algeria national football team for the first time for a pair of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Togo. He made debut on the 89th minute of the match.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 March 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hertha BSC II 2022–23[9] Regionalliga Nordost 7 2 — — 7 2
2023–24[10] 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 9 2 — — 9 2
Hertha BSC 2022–23[9] Bundesliga 2 1 0 0 — 2 1
2023–24[10] 2. Bundesliga 13 1 0 0 — 13 1
2024–25[11] 33 5 3 2 — 36 7
Total 48 7 3 2 — 51 9
Bayer Leverkusen 2025–26[12] Bundesliga 20 2 3 2 12[a] 0 35 4
Career total 77 11 6 4 12 0 95 15
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 10 January 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2024 1 0
2025 10 2
2026 2 0
Total 13 2
As of match played 31 December 2025
Algerria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Maza goal.
List of international goals scored by Ibrahim Maza
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 December 2025 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco 9  Sudan 3–0 3–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations
2 31 December 2025 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco 11  Equatorial Guinea 3–0 3–1 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

References

  1. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Hertha end the season with a 2-1 win in Wolfsburg". Hertha BSC. 27 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen signs highly rated teenager Ibrahim Maza from Hertha Berlin". AP News. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Offensiv-Juwel Maza von Hertha BSC | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Ibrahim Maza shines as Bayer Leverkusen run riot against Heidenheim". Bundesliga. 8 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Champions League: Pep Guardiola charmed by Ibrahim Maza". OneFootball. 26 November 2025.
  7. ^ Farid Kada rabah (30 April 2023). "Un jeune joueur d'origine Algérienne de 17ans fait ses débuts en Bundesliga". DZBallon L'actu du football Algérien. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ^ "ÉLIMINATOIRES CAN 2025 : LA LISTE DE PETKOVIC POUR LA DOUBLE CONFRONTATION FACE AU TOGO" (in French). FAF.dz. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Spiele von Ibrahim Maza – 2022/23" [Games played by Ibrahim Maza – 2022/23]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Spiele von Ibrahim Maza – 2023/24" [Games played by Ibrahim Maza – 2023/24]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Spiele von Ibrahim Maza – 2024/25" [Games played by Ibrahim Maza – 2024/25]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Spiele von Ibrahim Maza – 2025/26" [Games played by Ibrahim Maza – 2025/26]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  13. ^ "Ibrahim Maza". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.