{"id":917679,"date":"2026-07-05T13:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/mahrez-leaves-al-ahli-after-announcing-algeria-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:16:13","slug":"mahrez-leaves-al-ahli-after-announcing-algeria-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/mahrez-leaves-al-ahli-after-announcing-algeria-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahrez leaves Al-Ahli after announcing Algeria retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.performgroup.com\/di\/library\/omnisport\/2a\/41\/riyad-mahrez_hcia74u8ai951sc8ulu836i6x.png?t=858284319\" alt=\"Soccer Mahrez leaves Al-Ahli after announcing Algeria retirement\">\n                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/general-soccer-news\/\"><br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/soccer-news\/img\/tn-icon.svg\" alt=\"Soccer competition icon\"><br \/>\n                                    General Soccer News                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Riyad Mahrez has left Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, ending a successful three-year stint with the club and just a day after announcing his retirement from international football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez, who moved to Saudi Arabia in 2023 from Manchester City, won the\u00a0AFC Champions League and Saudi Super Cup during his time in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old made 122 appearances for Al-Ahli in all competitions, scoring 37 goals as well as providing 46 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Since making his league debut for the club, only Ivan Toney (66) has managed to register more goal involvements than Mahrez&#8217;s 54 (23 goals, 31 assists) for Al-Ahli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He featured 27 times in the Saudi Pro League last season as Al-Ahli finished third and five points behind champions Al-Nassr. He ended the campaign\u00a0with team-high totals for chances created (76) and assists (eight).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three unforgettable years. Countless magical moments. A legacy that will forever live in the hearts of every Al Ahli fan,&#8221; the club said in a statement announced on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">122 Appearances<br \/>\n37 Goals<br \/>\n46 Assists<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Riyad Mahrez\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70X8GRZrmL\">pic.twitter.com\/70X8GRZrmL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al-Ahli Saudi Club (@ALAHLI_FCEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ALAHLI_FCEN\/status\/2073451889736208548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mahrez&#8217;s decision comes shortly after confirming he had played his last game for Algeria following their exit at the World Cup to Switzerland in the last 32.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 35 years and 131 days, he became the second-oldest African player to start a World Cup knockout-stage match, after Senegal&#8217;s Idrissa Gueye (36 years, 278 days) against Belgium one day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>But he was unable to inspire his team to victory, finishing his international career with 119 caps and 40 goals, both the joint-second most for the country on their all-time list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/mahrez-leaves-al-ahli-after-announcing-algeria-retirement\/401406\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer General Soccer News Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team. Riyad Mahrez has left Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, ending a successful three-year stint with the club and just a day after announcing his retirement from international football.\u00a0 Mahrez, who moved to Saudi Arabia in 2023 from Manchester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1136,150097,2005],"tags":[7539,150096],"class_list":["post-917679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leaves","category-mahrez","category-soccer","tag-leaves","tag-mahrez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}