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More recently he has been playing in Turkey, where he last played for second-tier Keciorengucu.

#Edouard mendy current teams professional#

Theo Mendy started his professional career in Portugal having made it from Senegal to play in Cape Verde for Sporting Praia. Nampalys Mendy's cousin Alexandre also makes our team. He is yet to win a senior cap for France, having played for them at several youth levels, meaning he is still eligible to play for Senegal if he chooses to. Having drawn comparisons with former France midfielder Claude Makelele - due to his small stature, passing ability and tough tackling - he was seen as a replacement for compatriot N'Golo Kante, who had left Leicester for Chelsea.

Midfield: Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City and France)Īnother France international in the team, Namplys Mendy came through the youth system at Monaco to play in their first team and help them win Ligue 2 in 2013.Īfter a move to Nice he joined Leicester City, who at the time were English Champions, in 2016. He is, however, yet to play internationally at any level. He turned professional in Spain with CD Badajoz before moving to Norway, where he now plays his football for Stromsgodset. The Paris-born defender has already experienced football in four different countries after a youth career that saw him at clubs in France and Belgium. While he was at Diambars he played for Senegal in qualifiers for the African Nations Championship (Chan), a tournament for locally-based players only. He spent a spell on loan at another French side, Orleans, earlier this year before his move to Servette in Switzerland. He was spotted by French club Lens while playing for Senegalese side Diambars, where he had spent time at the club's academy set up by former France and Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. Unlike several of the others in this team, Arial Mendy was born in Africa, in the Senegalese city of Ziguinchor. He may have the same surname, have family from Senegal and have attended Le Havre's academy at the same time, but Benjamin Mendy is no relation to Ferland Mendy.ĭespite his bad luck with injuries, Benjamin Mendy has won a French Ligue 1 title with Monaco, two English Premier Leagues with Manchester City and the World Cup with France. Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City and France) So far he has won six caps for France after turning down an offer from Senegal coach Aliou Cisse to play for the Teranga Lions. Two years later he was on the move to Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he won the title last season. He recovered enough to play with Le Havre's academy before signing a five-year deal with French Ligue 1 side Lyon in 2017. Defenders Ferland Mendy (France and Real Madrid)įerland Mendy's progression to Real Madrid is pretty remarkable, given that at the age of 15 a hip operation left him in a wheelchair and fearing for his ability to play again, He was born in France to a Senegalese mother and a father from Guinea-Bissau - for whom he actually made his international debut in a friendly - before switching allegiances to Senegal.

From being unemployed to joining Chelsea - Mendy's downs and ups.

He joined Marseille as a fourth choice, and it was only in 2017, at second-tier Reims, that he secured a starting position.Īfter helping Reims secure promotion - and an impressive debut season in Ligue 1 - he moved to Rennes, where he caught the attention of Chelsea. Goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy (Chelsea and Senegal)Ĭhelsea's new goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has not had an easy path to the top - he was not only relegated twice while with French side Cherbourg, he also spent several months on unemployment benefits.

external-link But with Mendy, we have not just a team but a coach, a team ambassador referee - and even an agent to recruit more Mendys.

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Liverpool fans once had a chant of 'We all dream of a team of Carraghers' in praise of the club's former defender turned TV pundit Jamie Carragher.