Jean-Philippe Mendy
Birth date4 March 1987 (age 39)
Birth placeÉlancourt, France
Height1.92 m (6 ft)
PositionStriker
CurrentclubTFC
Clubnumber14
Youthyears 11993–1999
Youthyears 21999–2001
Youthyears 32001–2006
Youthclubs 1OSC Élancourt
Youthclubs 2FC Versailles 78
Youthclubs 3Football Croix-de-Savoie 74
Years 12006–2009
Years 22007–2008
Years 32008–2009
Years 42011–2012
Years 52013
Years 62013–2016
Years 72016
Years 82017
Years 92018–2019
Years 102019–2020
Years 112020
Years 122025–
Clubs 1Dinamo București
Clubs 2→ Petrolul Ploieşti (loan)
Clubs 3→ Dinamo II București
Clubs 4SPAL
Clubs 5Koper
Clubs 6Maribor
Clubs 7Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Clubs 8Baniyas
Clubs 9Slaven Belupo
Clubs 10PT Prachuap
Clubs 11Al Urooba
Clubs 12TFC
Caps 110
Caps 23
Caps 319
Caps 423
Caps 513
Caps 688
Caps 713
Caps 88
Caps 915
Caps 107
Caps 122
Goals 10
Goals 20
Goals 38
Goals 41
Goals 53
Goals 637
Goals 71
Goals 86
Goals 94
Goals 101
Goals 120
Pcupdate4 August 2019

Jean-Philippe Mendy (born 4 March 1987) is a French footballer who plays for UAE Third Division League club TFC as a midfielder, and he was later in his career moved forward.[1]

Career

Mendy started playing football, aged 6, at OSC Élancourt, before moving, aged 12, to FC Versailles 78, and at some point after, to Football Croix-de-Savoie 74, now known as Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. Aged 14, he spent some time at Clairefontaine.[1]

In the summer of 2006, he played a single friendly match for the Swiss third-tier side CS Chênois, a 5–0 loss against the Romanian team Dinamo București. Despite the loss, he was noticed by Dinamo's coach Mircea Rednic, and brought to the Romanian club. Despite never officially being a CS Chênois player, he was erroneously presented as such by the Romanian media.[2]

He made his debut for the Bucharest club on 11 November 2006, coming in the 83rd minute for Claudiu Niculescu, in a 3–0 home win against FC Oțelul Galați.[3] His UEFA Cup debut was on 14 December 2006, after he came in for Ionel Dănciulescu in the 77th minute of the 3–1 away loss vs. Tottenham Hotspur and scored, in the 91st minute, what would prove to be his first and only goal for Dinamo's senior team.[4][5]

After the 2006–07 season, he spent time on loan at second-tier side Petrolul Ploieşti, and Dinamo's B side, also playing at that level, but the rest of his time in Romania was marred by a knee injury and operation, suffered after another player fell on it. Because of that, he would only feature in one more match for Dinamo, in July 2009. After his recovery, he signed in the beginning of 2011 for the Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione team SPAL 1907. However, his convalescence was not yet over, leaving him unable to sprint properly, so he required another operation, losing another year of football.[1]

He was brought to Slovenia by Koper's coach Rodolfo Vanoli, who saw him play at SPAL.[1] In summer 2013, he moved to the Slovenian champions Maribor, where he went on to score 14 goals in 29 league matches in his first season.[6] In three seasons playing for Maribor, he scored a total of 42 goals in 125 appearances for the club in all competitions.[7]

In June 2016 he moved to the Chinese Super League team Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.[8]

Personal life

Mendy, a child of Senegalese parents born in France, is multilingual, speaking five languages: English, Italian, Romanian, French, and Wolof.[1] In April 2014 he got married in Maribor to Lisette Mendy and became a father to a son in May.

Honours

Dinamo București

Maribor

PT Prachuap

References

  1. ^ "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ Contemporary Croix-de-savoie forum board discussion at Croixdesavoiefans.net
  3. ^ Jean-Philippe Mendy Romaniansoccer statistics at Romaniansoccer.ro
  4. ^ "Dinamo a fost spulberata de Tottenham: 3–1" [Dinamo was crashed by Tottenham] (in Romanian). ziare.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur vs. Dinamo București 3–1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Statistika sezone 13/14" [2013–14 season statistics] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Mendy Jean-Philippe – goli" [Mendy Jean-Philippe – all goals] (in Slovene). NK Maribor. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Mendy na Kitajsko" [Mendy to China] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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