Alexandre Mendy (footballer, born 1994)
 Mendy with Guingamp in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Toulon, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Caen | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Nice B | 28 | (18) |
| 2013–2016 | Nice | 18 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | → Nîmes (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Guingamp | 22 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Bordeaux | 16 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | → Guingamp (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | → Brest (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2020– | Caen | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020– | Guinea Bissau | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2020 | |||
Alexandre Mendy (born 20 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Caen. Born in France, Mendy represents the Guinea Bissau national team.
Club career[]
A youth product of OGC Nice, Mendy was loaned six months in 2014 to semi-professional club Strasbourg to gain more playing time.[1] He was again loaned eight months later to Ligue 2 side Nîmes,[2] where he made his full professional in September 2014, in a 2–0 Ligue 2 defeat against Gazélec Ajaccio.[3]
On 21 June 2016, Mendy signed for Ligue 1 side Guingamp.[4] The transfer fee was estimated at between €600,000 and 1 million.[5]
In June 2017, Mendy moved to league rivals Girondins de Bordeaux signing a four-year deal.[5][6]
International career[]
Mendy is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.[7] He was called up to represent the Guinea Bissau national team in October 2020.[8] Mendy debuted for Guinea Bissau in a 1-0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Senegal on 15 November 2020.[9]
Personal life[]
Mendy is the cousin of fellow footballers Nampalys Mendy and Bafétimbi Gomis.[10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 16 January 2021[11]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nice | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 21 | 6 | |||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
| Strasbourg (loan) | 2013–14 | National | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 6 | ||
| Nîmes (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| Guingamp | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 6 | |
| Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| Guingamp (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 23 | 5 | |
| Brest (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |
| Caen | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 134 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 34 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the Europa League
References[]
- ^ "L'attaquant de l'OGC Nice Alexandre Mendy prêté à Strasbourg" (in French). nicematin.com. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "A. Mendy (Nice) prêté à Nîmes" (in French). lequipe.fr. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "GFC Ajaccio vs. Nîmes Olympique" (in French). lfp.fr. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Officiel : Alexandre Mendy signe à Guingamp" [Official: Alexandre Mendy signed for Guingamp]. Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Girondins : le Guingampais Alexandre Mendy va signer à Bordeaux". Sud Ouest (in French). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Alexandre Mendy a signé à Bordeaux". L'Équipe (in French). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Transfert: Bordeaux recrute Alexandre Mendy de Guingamp". 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Alexandre Mendy, Opa Sanganté : bientôt renforts de la Guinée-Bissau".
- ^ https://www.sofoot.com/mane-envoie-le-senegal-a-la-can-491404.html
- ^ "Alexandre et Nampalys Mendy, une histoire de famille dans le mercato bordelais ?". www.girondins33.com.
- ^ Alexandre Mendy at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links[]
- Alexandre Mendy – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Alexandre Mendy at Soccerway
- Alexandre Mendy foot-national.com Profile
- National Football Teams profile
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Toulon
- People with acquired Bissau-Guinean citizenship
- Association football forwards
- Bissau-Guinean footballers
- Guinea-Bissau international footballers
- French footballers
- Bissau-Guinean people of Senegalese descent
- French people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- French people of Senegalese descent
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- OGC Nice players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Nîmes Olympique players
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- Stade Brestois 29 players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
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