External links
- Eliezer Mayenda at Soccerway
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eliezer Mayenda Dossou | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Ebro | ||
| 2013–2016 | Breuillet FC [2] | ||
| 2016–2019 | CS Brétigny | ||
| 2019–2022 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Sochaux | 15 | (1) |
| 2022 | Sochaux B | 14 | (4) |
| 2023– | Sunderland | 32 | (5) |
| 2024 | → Hibernian (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 17 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Eliezer Mayenda Dossou (born 8 May 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Sunderland. [3]
Mayenda was born in Zaragoza in Spain. [4] In November 2017, while playing for the youth teams of CS Brétigny, he agreed to join Sochaux. [5] He made his professional debut for the club in a Coupe de France match against Nantes on 18 December 2021, [6] coming on as a substitute at the 86th minute. After a 0–0 draw in regulation time, Nantes won 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out. [7] By making the appearance, Mayenda became the youngest player to play in an official senior match for Sochaux at the age of 16 years, 7 months, and 10 days. [8] On 29 January 2022, Mayenda made his debut for Sochaux's reserves in the Championnat National 3, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 win over FC Grandvillars. [9] On 2 February, he signed his first professional contract, the youngest in Sochaux history to do so. [10]
On 28 July 2023, Mayenda signed for EFL Championship club Sunderland on a five-year contract. [11] According to L'Équipe , Sochaux and Sunderland agreed to a transfer fee slightly above €1 million, with the former keeping a 25% sell-on clause. [12]
Mayenda was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on 1 February 2024. [13]
His first goals for Sunderland were against Sheffield Wednesday on 17 August 2024 where he scored twice in a 4-0 victory. [14]
Born in Spain, Mayenda is of Congolese and Togolese descent. [15] [16] On 4 February 2022, he was called up to the Spain under-17s for the Torneio Internacional Algarve U17, a youth tournament held in Portugal. [17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Sochaux B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Sunderland | 2023–24 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Championship | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 5 | ||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | |||
| Hibernian (loan) | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 63 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 8 | ||