Riyad Mahrez wears the mask of a legend and his wisdom in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

Mahrez shone brightly in the stadium, where he scored three goals, which helped to win two of them in Sudan with a score of 3-1 and Burkina Faso with a score of 1-0, which gave his country a place in the first 16 of the 35 group of the tournament. Africa Cup of Nations 2025 In Morocco.

The Manchester City and Leicester City star also bagged three goals, leading to a World Cup goal-scoring finish in the first two group stages.

And they hope Riyad Mahrez To regain glory in the Moroccan sports arena, and repeat what he achieved 6 years ago when he contributed to the dressing… The Algerian national team It’s a head Africa Cup of Nations Summer 2019, in a format held in Egypt under the guidance of a national coach Jamal Belmadi.

Mahrez, who will celebrate his 35th birthday next February, will step onto the podium this time, holding the third trophy in his country’s history after being crowned on home soil in 1990, in what could be Riyad Mahrez’s last international appearance.

With his three goals in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Riyad Mahrez made history for himself, becoming the all-time top scorer in his country by scoring 37 goals, surpassing Abdelhafid Zsfaut, and just 9 goals short of becoming the all-time top scorer. Islam Soleimanithe Romanian Cluj striker, who scored 46 goals in his international career with the Desert Warriors, was the last player to participate. Arab Cup Which ended in Qatar on December 18.

Mahrez, the Al-Ahly Jeddah player, who won the AFC Champions League title with the Saudi side this year, matched the Algerian legend’s feat with two goals against Sudan in the first round. Rabeh Majer He scored against the rivals in 4 other African Cup of Nations.

Mahrez scored 9 goals in 22 games in the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2025 editions, while Madjer scored in the 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988 editions.

Riyad Mahrez went from being Algeria’s top scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations, ahead of another legend, Green green Who scored 6 goals, followed by… Baghdad BounedjahAnd Jamal Menad, they have 5 goals each.

In total, Mahrez has scored 37 goals in 109 appearances for his country, since starting his international career in May 2014 under Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

Mahrez played for a long time with his national team under the guidance of several coaches, such as French Christian Gourcuff, Algerian Nabil Nguez, Serbian Milovan Rajevac, Belgian Jorges Liekens, Spanish Lucas Alcaraz, Algerian duo Rabah Madjer and Djamel who won the 9th title, Belmadi 20 Bosnian Vladimir Petkovic, the current coach of the Algerian national team.

Mahrez’s goals were divided into 10 goals in 35 away games, 11 goals in 29 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, and 7 goals in 22 African World Cup qualifiers, while he did not score in a single game in the World Cup.