Hemeya Tanjy

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Hemeya Tanjy
Personal information
Full name Hemeya Tanjy [1]
Date of birth (1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Teyarett, Mauritania [2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hilal
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Tidjikja 41 (31)
2018–2023 Nouadhibou ? (111)
2023– Al-Ittihad 6 (0)
2024- Al-Hilal 10 (3)
International career‡
2016 Mauritania U20 2 (2)
2018 Mauritania U23 0 (0)
2018– Mauritania 44 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024

Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian club Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team.

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Club career

Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown of Nouakchott. [3] He played for local teams such as Skok Club and Zamzam club before he was discovered by the National Football Academy, where he spent a few years. [3]

Tanjy made his senior debut with topflight club Tidjikja, where he played for three years. [4] He finished as the league's leading scorer in the 2017–18 season. [5]

Tanjy signed a two-year deal with Nouadhibou in June 2018. [6] In his first year with the club, he scored the game-winning goal in the title-clinching match against ASAC Concorde. [7]

He finished as the leading scorer in the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 18 matches. [5]

In December 2022, Tanjy became the first player in league history to score 100 goals. [8]

International career

Tanjy played for the national under-20 team during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers in 2016, scoring twice in two matches. [9]

In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers. [10]

He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship. [11] He made his senior international debut during the first group stage match against Morocco on 13 January, replacing Moussa Samba in the 77th minute of an eventual 4–0 defeat. [12] Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.

He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, [13] though he did not appear in any games. [3]

On 9 October 2020, Tanjy scored his first senior international goal in a 2–1 friendly win over Sierra Leone. He scored his second international goal on 22 June 2021, netting the second goal in a 2–0 win over Yemen that qualified Mauritania to the FIFA Arab Cup. [14] In November 2021, Tanjy was named to the final squad for the FIFA Arab Cup. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 August 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOthersTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tidjikja 2016-17 Super D1 2116--2116
2017-18 2015-2015
Total41314131
Nouadhibou 2018-19 Super D1 2112202312
2019-20 80
2020-21 1819111520
2021-22 191045432718
2022-23 252131223024
Total8362761542210774
Al-Ittihad 2023-24 Libyan Premier League 60-60
Al Hilal 2023-24 Libyan Premier League 103-103
2024-252222
Total career1401107617622166124

International

As of 10 September 2024 [16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mauritania 201850
201980
202021
2021112
202241
202382
202460
Total446

International goals

Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first. [16]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 October 2020 Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2–12–1 Friendly
2.6 December 2021 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 2–12–1 2021 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

Nouadhibou

Individual

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