Alexandre Mendy
Mendy with Guingamp in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994
Place of birth Toulon, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Caen
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Nice B 28 (18)
2013–2016 Nice 18 (1)
2014 → Strasbourg (loan) 13 (6)
2014–2015 → Nîmes (loan) 16 (3)
2016–2017 Guingamp 22 (3)
2017–2020 Bordeaux 16 (4)
2018–2019 → Guingamp (loan) 16 (3)
2019–2020 → Brest (loan) 20 (3)
2020– Caen 117 (51)
International career‡
2020– Guinea-Bissau 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2023

Alexandre Mendy (born 20 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Caen. Born in France, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

A youth product of Nice, Mendy was loaned six months in 2014 to semi-professional club Strasbourg to gain more playing time.[1] He was again loaned eight months later to Ligue 2 side Nîmes,[2] where he made his full professional in September 2014, in a 2–0 Ligue 2 defeat against Gazélec Ajaccio.[3]

On 21 June 2016, Mendy signed for Ligue 1 side Guingamp.[4] The transfer fee was estimated at between €600,000 and 1 million.[5]

In June 2017, Mendy moved to league rivals Bordeaux, signing a four-year deal.[5][6]

International career

Mendy is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.[7] He was called up to represent the Guinea-Bissau national team in October 2020.[8][9] Mendy debuted for Guinea-Bissau in a 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Senegal on 15 November 2020.[10]

Personal life

Mendy is the cousin of fellow footballers Nampalys Mendy and Bafétimbi Gomis.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 May 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice 2013–14 Ligue 1 0000000000
2014–15 Ligue 1 000000—00
2015–16 Ligue 1 1811124—216
Total 181112400216
Strasbourg (loan) 2013–14 Championnat National 13600——136
Nîmes (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 2 1631000—173
Guingamp 2016–17 Ligue 1 2234330—296
Bordeaux 2017–18 Ligue 1 16400002[lower-alpha 1]0184
Guingamp (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 1633141—235
Brest (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 2031030—243
Caen 2020–21 Ligue 2 30421——325
2021–22 Ligue 2 321600——3216
2022–23 Ligue 2 351822——3720
Total 973843——10141
Career total 218611481252024674
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Guingamp

References

  1. ↑ "L'attaquant de l'OGC Nice Alexandre Mendy prêté à Strasbourg" (in French). nicematin.com. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "A. Mendy (Nice) prêté à Nîmes" (in French). lequipe.fr. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "GFC Ajaccio vs. Nîmes Olympique" (in French). lfp.fr. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Officiel : Alexandre Mendy signe à Guingamp" [Official: Alexandre Mendy signed for Guingamp]. Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Girondins : le Guingampais Alexandre Mendy va signer à Bordeaux". Sud Ouest (in French). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Alexandre Mendy a signé à Bordeaux". L'Équipe (in French). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Transfert: Bordeaux recrute Alexandre Mendy de Guingamp". 23 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Alexandre Mendy, Opa Sanganté : bientôt renforts de la Guinée-Bissau". October 2020.
  9. ↑ Lopes, Gervásio José Francisco. "ÚLTIMA HORA: ALEXANDRE MENDY E OPA SANGANTE SERÃO NOVIDADES NA SELEÇÃO NACIONAL". SOU DJURTU. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Mané envoie le Sénégal à la CAN". 15 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Alexandre et Nampalys Mendy, une histoire de famille dans le mercato bordelais ?". www.girondins33.com.
  12. ↑ Alexandre Mendy at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Kezzouf, Youmni (31 March 2019). "Strasbourg remporte la Coupe de la Ligue aux tirs au but". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2023.


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