Victor Mendy

Victor Mendy
Personal information
Full name Victor Mendy
Date of birth (1981-12-22) 22 December 1981
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
NorthEast United FC
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Villemomble Sports 34 (19)
2006–2007 Paris FC 30 (12)
2007–2010 FC Metz 69 (14)
2007–2008Clermont Foot (loan) 21 (8)
2010–2011 Bucaspor 30 (3)
2011–2015 Gabala 112 (29)
2015- NorthEast United 4 (1)
National team
2009 Senegal 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2009

Victor Mendy (born 22 December 1981 in Dakar) is a French-Senegalese footballer, who will play for NorthEast United FC as a striker. Previously Mendy has played in France for Villemomble Sports, Paris FC, FC Metz and Clermont Foot, Turkey for Bucaspor and Azerbaijan for Gabala.

Career

Club

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] On 15 September 2013, Mendy scored in Gabala's 1-2 away victory over AZAL to become the clubs all time leading League goal scorer with 17.[4]

Mendy left Gabala at the end of the 2014–15 season,[5] after four-years with the club he'd scored 33 goals in 127 games.[6]

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.[7]

International

On 1 April 2009, he made his debut for the Senegal national football team against Iran.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 December 2015[8][9][10]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2006–07Paris FCChampionnat National3012 3012
2007–08FC MetzLigue 100000000
2007–08Clermont Foot (Loan)Ligue 21982100219
2008–09FC Metz3651031406
2009–103391030379
2010–11BucasporSüper Lig16051211
2011–12[11]Gabala FCAzerbaijan Premier League28831309
2012–13[12]24620266
2013–14357634110
2014–152582020298
2015NorthEast UnitedIndian Super League4141
Total France 11834416112836
Turkey 16051211
Azerbaijan 112291342012733
India 4141
Career total 25064226612028071

References

  1. "Qabala vs. Bakı 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Qarabağ vs. Qabala 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. "Qəbələ dən 500-cü qol". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. "AZAL 1 - 2 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  5. "Как Габала громила Бакы и попрощалась с Менди". http://www.azerisport.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Azerisport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "New footballers for Gabala". http://www.gabalafc.az/. Gabala FC. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. "NorthEast United sign French-Senegal forward Victor Mendy". http://www.sportskeeda.com/. sportskeeda. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  8. "V. MENDY". http://uk.soccerway.com/. Retrieved 27 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. "Coupe de la ligue FIXTURES / RESULTS". http://www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. "French Cup Fixtures/Results". http://www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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