Ryan Mmaee

Early life and career

Mmaee was born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium to a Cameroonian-French father Nwambebeg Mmaee, and a Moroccan mother Fatima. After his birth, his family moved to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. At school, he studied mathematical sciences at the Royal Athenaeum in Halle. It was in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw that Mmaee began playing football, with the amateur club KV Zuun. A year later, he enrolled in the academy of RWDM Brussels. In 2010, he joined Gent. Three years later, he joined Standard Liège with his brother Samy Mmaee.

Standard Liège

Mmaee made his Belgian Pro League debut on 21 May 2015, at the age of 17 against Gent replacing Mehdi Carcela after 82 minutes in a 2–0 away defeat. Mmaee and his brother, Samy signed professional three-year contracts with Standard in August 2015. In the 2015–16 season he made seven appearances as Standard finished in seventh position. After playing in a few matches at the start of 2016–17, Mmaee was dropped from the first team back to the u-23s after he had an argument with manager Aleksandar Janković and an altercation with the physical trainer. Mmaee later explained what happened— "At 19, we want to play every game. When you don't play, you are disappointed, and your reactions are not always appropriate. I was young, I was learning on the job, I made mistakes when, I think, the club did not trust young people enough. I was upset in training because I was not selected in the group, I let it be known, and there were bound…

Mmaee is of Cameroonian, French and Moroccan descent, having a Cameroonian-French father and a Moroccan mother. Mmae holds Cameroonian, French and Moroccan nationalities from his parents. As such, he was eligible to represent either Belgium, Cameroon, France or Morocco at senior level. He made his debut for the senior Morocco national team in a 2–0 win against Sudan.

Club

As of match played on 23 May 2026

International

As of match played on 27 June 2022

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mmaee goal.

Mmaee's brothers, Samy, Camil and Jack are also a professional footballers. In May 2021 he was involved in a car accident in Limassol, Cyprus crashing into a car dealership and had to be extracted from his vehicle by emergency workers.