Ibrahim Maza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 | 12 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Germany U18 | 8 | (3) |
| 2024 | Germany U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2024 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Algeria | 8 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025[1] | |||
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
International career
Born in Germany, Maza is of Algerian, French and Vietnamese descent. He holds Algerian, French and German nationalities. He is a former youth international, having played for Germany at the U18, U19, and U20 level.[8]
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.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Nordost | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Hertha BSC | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 36 | 7 | |||
| Total | 48 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 51 | 9 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6[a] | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| Career total | 69 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 15 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Ibrahim Maza". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hertha end the season with a 2-1 win in Wolfsburg". Hertha BSC. 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen signs highly rated teenager Ibrahim Maza from Hertha Berlin". AP News. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Offensiv-Juwel Maza von Hertha BSC | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Ibrahim Maza shines as Bayer Leverkusen run riot against Heidenheim". Bundesliga. 8 November 2025.
- ^ "Champions League: Pep Guardiola charmed by Ibrahim Maza". OneFootball. 26 November 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Ibrahim Maza at Soccerway
- DFB Profile
- Bundesliga Profile