Formose Mendy (footballer, born 1989)

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Formose Mendy
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Guédiawaye, Senegal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mauerwerk
Number 7
Youth career
Septème-les-Vallons
Lyon
Consolat
Lens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Lens B 13 (1)
2008–2009 → Istres (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Puertollano 14 (0)
2010–2012 Sporting B 42 (4)
2012–2014 Sporting Gijón 35 (0)
2014–2015 Blackpool 3 (0)
2015 HJK 13 (2)
2016 Adana Demirspor 4 (0)
2016–2017 Alassiouty
2017 Raja 5 (0)
2018 Admira Landhaus 10 (1)
2018– Mauerwerk 67 (7)
International career
2011 Guinea-Bissau [1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Formose Mendy (born 23 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian club FC Mauerwerk. [2]

Contents

He played club football in France, Spain, England, Finland, Egypt and Austria, for Lens, Istres, Puertollano, Sporting de Gijón, Blackpool, HJK, Adana Demirspor, Alassiouty, Raja, Admira Landhaus and Mauerwerk.

Born in Senegal, Mendy represented Guinea-Bissau at international level.

Early and personal life

Mendy was born in Guédiawaye, Senegal to a father that had numerous wives and 25 children. He emigrated to Marseille, France, at the age of seven, to live with an aunt. [3]

Club career

France

Mendy played youth football for Septème-les-Vallons, Lyon, Consolat and Lens, [4] and started his senior career in France with Lens B and Istres. [4] After finishing his loan deal with the latter club, being part of the squad that won promotion to Ligue 2, [5] he was released by the former. [6] [4]

Spain

Mendy arrived in Spain in the summer of 2009, signing for Puertollano in Segunda División B. [7] [8] After just one season he joined another team in the same division, Sporting de Gijón's reserve side. [9]

Following a change of management at the Asturias team in 2012, Mendy was promoted to the main squad. [10] He made his La Liga debut on 25 February 2012 in a 1–1 away draw against Racing de Santander, [11] and added a further nine appearances (often as a starter) [12] as the campaign ended in relegation; [13] [14] additionally, he scored four goals for the B's, [15] [16] [17] [18] who finished in tenth position in the third level. [19]

England and Finland

On 29 September 2014, Mendy signed a season-long deal with Blackpool in the Football League Championship. [20] On 20 April of the following year he joined Finnish club HJK Helsinki, [21] scoring his first goal for his new team on 14 May in a 1–0 home victory over IFK Mariehamn, after entering as a substitute. [22]

Later years

On 1 January 2016, Mendy signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Adana Demirspor in the Turkish TFF First League. [23] He competed in Egyptian football in the following years, first with Alassiouty in the Second Division then Raja in the Premier League. [24]

International career

As his grandfather hailed from the country, [3] Mendy chose to represent Guinea-Bissau internationally, making his debut on 7 February 2011 against Gambia. [10]

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  2. ↑ Formose Mendy at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Liceras, Ángel (23 March 2012). "El guaje del clan Mendy" [The guaje of the Mendy clan]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Pereira, Alexis (11 March 2012). "Entretien avec... Formose Mendy: "J'ai vu le grand Barcelone de Xavi, Alves et Guardiola inquiet"" [Interview with... Formose Mendy: "I saw the great Barcelona of Xavi, Alves and Guardiola restless"] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Feindouno, Mendy et Di Lauro champions" [Feindouno, Mendy and Di Lauro champions] (in French). Allomatch. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Drôle d'histoire pour Formose Mendy" [Bizarre story for Formose Mendy] (in French). Allomatch. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "La UD Puertollano ficha a tres nuevos jugadores para el primer equipo" [UD Puertollano sign three new players for first team]. La Comarca de Puertollano (in Spanish). 13 July 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Interior Mendy puede abandonar Puertollano para irse cedido al Real Madrid C" [Winger Mendy may leave Puertollano to join Real Madrid C on loan]. ABC (in Spanish). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Díaz, Rubén (26 May 2010). "Formose Mendy firmó por dos temporadas" [Formose Mendy signed for two seasons]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Mendy, alta velocidad para el Sporting" [Mendy, high speed for Sporting]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 25 February 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Racing Santander 1–1 Sporting Gijón". ESPN Soccernet. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Mendy es duda en el Sporting de Gijón para recibir al Zaragoza" [Mendy a doubt as Sporting de Gijón host Zaragoza]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 27 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "El Sporting de Gijón, a un paso del descenso" [Sporting de Gijón, nearing relegation]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "El decálogo del descenso a Segunda" [The decalogue of relegation to Segunda]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  15. ↑ Cabaleiro, Natxo (3 October 2011). "El Celta B suma un punto amargo" [Celta B add bitter point]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "El Sporting B paga caros los errores defensivos ante el Atlético B" [Sporting B's defensive errors against Atlético B cost them dearly] (in Spanish). Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Sevilla, Juan Manuel (4 December 2011). "El Sporting B empata con el Albacete" [Sporting B draw with Albacete]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Getafe B 1–3 Sporting B" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  19. ↑ López, Manu (13 May 2012). "El Sporting B consuela al Montañeros" [Sporting B offer solace to Montañeros]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Blackpool sign Andre Blackman and Formose Mendy". BBC Sport. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "HJK sopimukseen Formose Mendyn kanssa" [HJK agree with Formose Mendy] (in Finnish). HJK Helsinki. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn tyri tilaisuutensa – HJK:lla yllätysratkaisija" [IFK Mariehamn blow opportunity – HJK have a surprise winner]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Formose Mendy Adana Demirspor'da" [Formose Mendy to Adana Demirspor]. Fanatik (in Turkish). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Tala'a El-Geish sign ex-Sporting Gijón winger". KingFut. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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