# Brandon Mechele

Brandon Mechele (born 28 January 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.

## International career

Mechele earned his first full international call up when Roberto Martinez named him in the Belgium squad in October 2018. He made his Belgium national football team debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kazakhstan. He substituted Thomas Vermaelen in added time.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 16 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Club Brugge | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 3 |
| Club Brugge | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 40 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 5 |
| Club Brugge | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 1 |
| Club Brugge | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 42 | 3 |
| Club Brugge | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 2 |
| Club Brugge | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | — | — | 61 | 6 |
| Club Brugge | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| Club Brugge | Total | Total | 351 | 17 | 39 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 481 | 23 |
| Sint-Truidense (loan) | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 367 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 498 | 25 |
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
* 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs

### International

    As of match played 11 November 2020.
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Belgium | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 0 |

## Honours

Club Brugge
* Belgian Pro League: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
* Belgian Cup: 2014–15
* Belgian Super Cup: 2021, 2022