Mehdi Taouil (Arabic: مهدي طويل; born 20 May 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder,.

Taouil played for Montpellier in Ligue 2, joining the club on a two-year contract in June 2005, before being released at the end of the 2006/07 season.

He scored his first goal in the game against Hibernian on 26 December 2007 at Rugby Park, which ended in a 2–1 victory for the Ayrshire side.

[4] Despite turning Hearts down in 2008 they again made approaches to sign him when he became a free agent in the summer of 2011 after his three-year contract with Kilmarnock came to an end.

Taouil played in all three games as the team exited in the first round, finishing third in Group D behind Iraq and Costa Rica.