Formose Mendy

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Formose Mendy
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Guédiawaye, Senegal
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Adana Demirspor
Youth career
Septème-les-Vallons
Lyon
Consolat
Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Lens B 13 (1)
2008–2009 → Istres (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Puertollano 14 (0)
2010–2012 Sporting B 42 (4)
2012–2014 Sporting Gijón 35 (0)
2014–2015 Blackpool 3 (0)
2015 HJK 13 (2)
2016– Adana Demirspor 4 (0)
International career
2011 Guinea-Bissau[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2016

Formose Mendy (born 23 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Adana Demirspor.[2]

Mendy played club football in France, Spain, England and Finland, for Lens, Istres, Puertollano, Sporting de Gijón, Blackpool and HJK Helsinki.

Born in Senegal, Mendy represented Guinea-Bissau at international level.

Early and personal life

Mendy was born in Guédiawaye, Senegal to a father that had numerous wives and 25 children. He emigrated to Marseille, France at the age of seven, to live with an aunt.[3]

Club career

France

Mendy played youth football for Septème-les-Vallons, Lyon, Consolat and Lens,[4] and started his senior career in France with Lens B and Istres.[1] After finishing his loan deal with Istres, being part of the squad that won promotion to Ligue 2,[5] he was released by Lens.[6]

Spain

Mendy arrived in Spain in the summer of 2009, signing for Puertollano in Segunda División B.[7][8] After just one season he joined another club in the same division, Sporting de Gijón's reserve side.[9]

Following a change of management at the Asturias team in 2012, Mendy was promoted to the main squad.[10] He made his La Liga debut on 25 February 2012 in a 1–1 away draw against Racing de Santander,[11] and added a further nine appearances (often as a starter[12]) as the campaign ended in relegation;[13][14] additionally, he scored four goals for the B's,[15][16][17][18] who finished in tenth position in the third level.[19]

England and Finland

On 29 September 2014, Mendy signed a season-long deal with Blackpool in the Football League Championship.[20] On 20 April of the following year he joined Finnish club HJK Helsinki,[21] scoring his first goal for his new team on 14 May in a 1–0 home victory over IFK Mariehamn, after entering as a substitute.[22]

Turkey

On 1 January 2016, Mendy signed a one 1/2-year contract with Adana Demirspor in the Turkish TFF First League.[23]

International career

As his grandfather hailed from the country,[3] Mendy chose to represent Guinea-Bissau internationally, making his debut on 7 February 2011 against Gambia.[10]

References

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  2. ↑ Formose Mendy at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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