Edouard Mendy

Edouard Mendy
Personal information
Full name Edouard Mendy
Date of birth (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992
Place of birth Montivilliers, France
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Reims
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Cherbourg 26 (0)
2014–2016 Marseille B 8 (0)
2016– Reims 42 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2018

Edouard Mendy (born 1 March 1992) is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stade de Reims.[2]

Professional career

Mendy helped Stade de Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, as they were promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2018-19 season.[3]

International career

Mendy was born to a Senegalese mother and a Bissau-Guinean father. In November 2016, he was called-up by Guinea-Bissau to play friendly matches against Portuguese clubs Belenenses and Estoril.[4] At the time, his father was very ill and was about to pass away, leading Mendy to honour him playing for the Bissau-Guinean national team.[5] Shortly after, he was shortlisted by Guinea-Bissau to play the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for them,[6] but he has ultimately rejected the call and pledged his future to Senegal.[5]

Honours

Reims

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Edouard Mendy at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! - Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Djurtus: Lista de convocados do para o amistoso com Belenenses e Estoril" (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Stade de Reims- Edouard Mendy : "Le Sénégal ? Mon choix a toujours été de représenter cette sélection"" (in French). Galsenfoot. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018. I was contacted by Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), it goes back to last winter (2016). I could have participated in the (2017) African Cup of Nations, but I finally declined this proposal. I was a little rushed to mention this possibility, I went through a personal period a little complicated, I almost lost my father, of Guinean (Bissau-Guinean) origin, who was very sick. This decision was to pleasure him, not really my choice. I have always wanted to represent Senegal, my mother's homeland. In difficult moments, we do not always take the necessary time for reflection and therefore not always the right decisions.
  6. ↑ "CAN 2017 – Guinée-Bissau : Une Première liste de 35 joueurs" (in French). Football 365. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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