Jean-Philippe Mendy

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Jean-Philippe Mendy
Personal information
Full nameJean-Philippe Mendy
Date of birth (1987-03-04) March 4, 1987
Place of birthFrance
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubMaribor
Number14
Youth career
1993-1999OSC Elancourt
1999-?FC Versailles
?-2006Football Croix-de-Savoie 74
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2009Dinamo Bucureşti10(0)
2007–2008→ Petrolul Ploieşti (loan)3(0)
2008–2009→ Dinamo II Bucureşti15(8)
2011–2012SPAL23(1)
2013Koper13(3)
2013–Maribor15(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jean Philippe Mendy (born 4 March 1987 in France) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent, who plays for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.


Career

Mendy started training football, aged 6, at OSC Elancourt, before moving, aged 12, to FC Versailles, 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 giants Dinamo Bucureşti. 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 in 11.11.2006, 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 14.12.2006, after he came in for Ionel Dănciulescu in the 77th minute of the 3-1 away loss vs. Tottenham Hotspur F.C and scored, in the 91st minute, what would prove to be his first and only goal for Dinamo's senior team. [4]

After the 2006/2007 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. [5]

He was brought to Slovenia by FC Koper's coach Rodolfo Vanoli, who saw him play at SPAL. [6] In the summer of 2013, he moved to the Slovenian champions NK Maribor, where he went on to score 8 goals in the 15 matches of the first half of the season.

Initially a midfielder, he was later in his career moved forward.[7]

Personal life

Mendy, a child of Senegalese parents born in France, is multilingual, speaking six languages: English, Italian, Romanian, French, Senegal and Slovene.[8]

References

  1. ↑ NK Maribor. "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovene). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ Contemporary Croix-de-savoie forum board dicussion at Croixdesavoiefans.net
  3. ↑ Match report at transfermarkt.de
  4. ↑ Match report at transfermarkt.de
  5. ↑ NK Maribor. "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovene). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 
  6. ↑ NK Maribor. "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovene). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 
  7. ↑ NK Maribor. "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovene). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 
  8. ↑ NK Maribor. "Žogo nosil v šolski torbi" [He carried the ball in a school bag] (in Slovene). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 

External links

NK Maribor – current squad
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