Victor Mendy

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Victor Mendy
Personal information
Full name Victor Mendy[1]
Date of birth (1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Villemomble Sports 34 (19)
2006–2007 Paris FC 30 (12)
2007–2010 Metz 69 (14)
2007–2008 → Clermont Foot (loan) 21 (8)
2010–2011 Bucaspor 30 (3)
2011–2015 Gabala 112 (29)
2015 NorthEast United 4 (1)
2017– 51 (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Victor Mendy (born 22 December 1981) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for in Championnat National 3. Previously Mendy has played in France for Villemomble Sports, Paris FC, FC Metz and Clermont Foot, Turkey for Bucaspor, Azerbaijan for Gabala and India for NorthEast United.

Career[]

Club[]

Paris FC[]

Mendy's career was launched at Paris FC, where he scored 12 goals in 30 games in the Championnat National. His performance attracted the attention of FC Metz.[2]

Metz and Clermont[]

Mendy signed a three-year professional contract with Ligue 1 Metz on 1 June 2007, but was loaned to Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot before playing a game. His professional debut for Clermont came on 14 September 2007, in a 1–1 draw at FC Gueugnon. He scored his first professional goal a week later, the opening goal in a 3–0 home win against Dijon FCO.[3] When he returned from his loan spell, Metz had been relegated from Ligue 1, and he never got to play at that level.[2]

Bucaspor[]

In June 2010, Mendy moved to Turkey to join Bucaspor.

Gabala[]

In the summer of 2011, Mendy signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FC, taking the number 9 jersey. He made his debut in the first game of the season against Baku in a 0–0 draw on 7 August 2011.[4] His first goal for Gabala came in the 37th minute of the fourth game of the season away to Qarabağ in a game that finished in a 0–1 victory to Gabala.[5] He ended his first season in Gabala with 9 goals in all competitions. In his second season Mendy scored 6 times in 26 appearances in all competitions to leave him in joint 2nd place in Gabala's all time goal scorers chart with Deon Burton and Yannick Kamanan on 15. During Gabala's 4-0 Victory over Baku on 29 April 2012, Mendy scored Gabala's 300th goal.[6] On 15 September 2013, Mendy scored in Gabala's 1–2 away victory over AZAL to become the club's all-time leading League goal scorer with 17.[7]

Mendy left Gabala at the end of the 2014–15 season,[8] after four-years with the club he'd scored 33 goals in 127 games.[9]

North East United[]

On 13 November 2015, it was announced that Victor would be joining Indian Super League team North East United FC as replacement for injured striker Boubacar Sanogo.[10]

Blanc Mesnil[]

In 2016 he returned to France, linking up with his old coach Alain Mboma at . The side won promotion to Championnat National 3 in summer 2017 as part of the re-structure of the fifth tier of the French football league system.[2]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 10 December 2017[11][12][13]
Club performance League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paris FC Championnat National 30 12 — — 30 12
2007–08 FC Metz Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2007–08 Clermont Foot (Loan) Ligue 2 19 8 2 1 0 0 — 21 9
2008–09 FC Metz 36 5 1 0 3 1 — 40 6
2009–10 33 9 1 0 3 0 — 37 9
2010–11 Bucaspor Süper Lig 16 0 5 1 — — 21 1
2011–12[14] Gabala FC Azerbaijan Premier League 28 8 3 1 — — 30 9
2012–13[15] 24 6 2 0 — — 26 6
2013–14 35 7 6 3 — — 41 10
2014–15 25 8 2 0 — 2 0 29 8
2015 NorthEast United Indian Super League 4 1 — — — 4 1
2016–17 Division d'Honneur ? ? ? ? — — ? ?
2017–18 Championnat National 3 10 3 2 2 — — 12 5
Total France 128 37 6 3 6 1 — 140 41
Turkey 16 0 5 1 — — 21 1
Azerbaijan 112 29 13 4 — 2 0 127 33
India 4 1 — — — 4 1
Career total 260 67 24 8 6 1 2 0 292 76

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Victor Mendy". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Football. Victor Mendy : " J'ai touché des primes de 5 000 $ "" (in French). Le Parisien. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ^ "MATCH STATS CLERMONT FOOT - DIJON FCO" (in French). ligue1.com. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Qabala vs. Bakı 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Qarabağ vs. Qabala 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Qəbələ dən 500-cü qol". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. ^ "AZAL 1 - 2 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Как Габала громила Бакы и попрощалась с Менди". azerisport.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Azerisport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. ^ "New footballers for Gabala". gabalafc.az/. Gabala FC. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. ^ "NorthEast United sign French-Senegal forward Victor Mendy". sportskeeda.com/. sportskeeda. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  11. ^ "V. MENDY". soccerway.com/. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Coupe de la ligue FIXTURES / RESULTS". ligue1.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  13. ^ "French Cup Fixtures/Results". ligue1.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  15. ^ "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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