Riyad was born on 21 February 1991. He is 26 years old, French born. He plays football for Algeria. Riyad father was also a footballer. His wife name is Rita Mahrez. She is the mother of a six month old baby. She was a business woman. Riyad’s blue T-shirt was very popular in the season 2016-17. It was made with Leicester City FC color and design. Riyad had shocked his fans by changing his hair style. He appeared in the stadium with bleached hair. The hair color now looks like blonde in shade.
His current club team is Leicester City. He plays on the position of Winger. His height is 1.78m. In 2009 he started playing with Quimper. Next year he joined Le Havre. His international career as Algerian player started from2014 FIFA World Cup. He was nominated as CAF’s African Footballer of the Year in 2016.
Riyad was expected to move with Gunners but he has extended his contract with the kings. It will go on till 2020 Premier League. It will be£100,000 a week Fee contract. His performance for the Leicester Club is always superb. He has scored many goals against the rivals of the club.
Individually he has got Algerian Footballer of the Year in 2015-16, Premier League PFA Team of the Year in 2015–16,PFA Players’ Player of the Year in 2015–16, PFA Fans’ Player of the Year in 2016, Leicester City Player of the Year in 2015–16, BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2016, Facebook FA Premier League Player of the Year in 2016, El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year in 2016, Lion d’Or African Footballer of the Year in 2016, CAF African Footballer of the Year in 2016, CAF Team of the Year in 2016 titles in life time till 2018. After the qualifying round of FIFA World Cup 2018, Riyad Mahrez was excluded from the team.