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Melvin Mastil

French association football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ105846503 ↗
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Melvin Feyçal Mastil (born 19 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

A youth product of the Swiss club Echichens, Mastil transferred to Lausanne-Sport's reserve side FC Azzurri 90 LS on 16 August 2019. The following season he moved to Echallens, before moving to Lausanne-Sport on loan on 18 February 2021. He permanently transferred to Lausanne-Sport on 27 July 2021 on a 3-year contract, and was named their third goalkeeper. On 8 March 2023, he extended his contract with Lausanne-Sport until 2027. On 27 June 2023, he joined Biel-Bienne on a year-long loan in the Swiss Promotion League. On 18 June 2024, he joined Stade Nyonnais on loan in the Swiss Challenge League. On 7 January 2026, he extended his contract with his parent club Lausanne-Sport until 2029.

International career

Born in France, Mastil moved to Switzerland at the age of 6, and is of Algerian descent through a grandfather.

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The public source identifies “Melvin Mastil” as french association football player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Melvin, Mastil and French.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2019, 2021, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-02-19. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Melvin, Mastil and French providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105846503. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2019, 2021 and 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Melvin Mastil” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.