Jackson Mendy
Jackson Mendy (born 25 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Senegal national team internationally.
| Mendy playing for Litex Lovech in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Mont-Saint-Aignan, France | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back, left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Auxerre | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | US Quevilly | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Rennes B | 23 | (0) |
| 2007 | Paris FC | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Hansa Rostock II | 27 | (0) |
| 2009 | SC Freiburg II | 27 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | SC Freiburg | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Grenoble | 28 | (2) |
| 2011 | AC Ajaccio | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Levadiakos | 43 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | CSKA Sofia | 38 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Litex Lovech | 15 | (1) |
| 2015 | Omonia | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Levadiakos | 47 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Schaffhausen | 26 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Boulogne | 22 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Senegal | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2021 | |||
Club career edit
Mendy was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France. He started his career in the training centre of Auxerre, moving first to Quevilly, before signing a one-season professional trainee contract with Rennes in June 2006. A year later, having not imposed himself, he left Rennes for Paris FC.[1]
After one season at Paris FC, Mendy moved to Germany, first with Hansa Rostock, where he played for the B team, and then with SC Freiburg.[2] He left the club in July 2010, having a trial at English Championship team Middlesbrough before signing a two-year deal with French side Grenoble Foot 38.[3] He stayed just one season, due to Grenoble filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 campaign. On 31 July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Ligue 1 side AC Ajaccio.[4]
Mendy made his Ligue 1 debut on 17 September 2011, as a second half substitute in the match at Nice.[1] After making just three Ligue 1 appearances, he moved to Superleague Greece side Levadiakos in January 2012, signing a two-year deal.[5] He was released from his contract at the end of the 2012–13 season, and joined Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.[6] He spent a second season in Bulgaria with Litex Lovech in 2014–15 before a six-month spell in Cyprus with Omonia.[1]
In January 2016 Mendy returned to Levadiakos for a second spell, spending two-and-a-half seasons with the club.[7] In July 2018 he signed a two-year deal with Swiss side FC Schaffhausen.[8] Having been used most often as a substitute in the second half of the 2018–19 season, he signed for US Boulogne.[9]
International career edit
On 11 May 2010, he earned his first call-up for the Senegal national football team for a friendly match against Denmark on 27 May 2010.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Jackson Mendy" (in French). Stade Rennais Online. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ (in German). scfreiburg.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Mendy makes French move". Sky Sports. 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Grenoble : Jackson Mendy à Ajaccio, c'est fait" (in French). foot-national.com. 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Football (Ligue 1) - Jackson Mendy quitte l'AC Ajaccio pour la Grèce" (in French). Alta Frequenza Corse. 7 January 2012.
- ^ "CSKA Sofia : Jackson Mendy a signé" (in French). afrik-foot.com. 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Jackson Mendy". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Zwei Neuzugänge Beim FC Schaffhausen" (in German). FC Schaffhausen. 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Foot: Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the adventurer Jackson Mendy arrives in Boulogne" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Denmark vs Senegal 2–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
External links edit
- Jackson Mendy at Soccerway
- Jackson Mendy at National-Football-Teams.com