Jean-Philippe Mendy (born 4 March 1987) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who initially plays as a midfielder, and he was later in his career moved forward.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Élancourt, France | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1999 | OSC Élancourt | ||
| 1999–2001 | FC Versailles 78 | ||
| 2001–2006 | Football Croix-de-Savoie 74 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Dinamo București | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Petrolul Ploieşti (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Dinamo II București | 19 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | SPAL | 23 | (1) |
| 2013 | Koper | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2016 | Maribor | 88 | (37) |
| 2016 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 13 | (1) |
| 2017 | Baniyas | 8 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Slaven Belupo | 15 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | PT Prachuap | 7 | (1) |
| 2020 | Al Urooba | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2019 | |||
Career
editMendy 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
editMendy, 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
editDinamo București
Maribor
- Slovenian PrvaLiga (2): 2013–14, 2014–15[9]
- Slovenian Cup (1): 2015–16[9]
- Slovenian Supercup (1): 2014[9]
PT Prachuap
- Thai League Cup (1): 2019[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ Contemporary Croix-de-savoie forum board discussion at Croixdesavoiefans.net
- ^ Jean-Philippe Mendy Romaniansoccer statistics at Romaniansoccer.ro
- ^ "Dinamo a fost spulberata de Tottenham: 3–1" [Dinamo was crashed by Tottenham] (in Romanian). ziare.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur vs. Dinamo București 3–1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Statistika sezone 13/14" [2013–14 season statistics] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Mendy Jean-Philippe – goli" [Mendy Jean-Philippe – all goals] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Mendy na Kitajsko" [Mendy to China] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Jean-Philippe Mendy at Soccerway
External links
edit- Jean-Philippe Mendy at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Jean-Philippe Mendy at WorldFootball.net
- NZS profile (in Slovene)