On 29 September, Mendy made his debut for the club against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of the EFL Cup, which Chelsea lost 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. Mendy playing for Chelsea in 2021 Chelsea 2020–21 season Įnglish club Chelsea signed Mendy on a five-year contract in September 2020, for a fee reported to be £22 million. Mendy went on to keep nine clean sheets in 24 league matches for Rennes in a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping them to a third-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Champions League. He saved a penalty to preserve a clean sheet as Rennes won 2–0 at the Stade de la Meinau. Mendy made his debut on Matchday 3 against Strasbourg after recovering from a broken finger. Mendy joined Rennes in August 2019 for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be in the region of €4 million, replacing departing goalkeeper Tomáš Koubek. Mendy kept fourteen clean sheets, the third highest of any goalkeeper in the league. In the 2018–19 season, Mendy played in all 38 Ligue 1 games, as newly promoted Reims soared to an eighth-place finish. Mendy kept 18 clean sheets in his 34 appearances over the course of the season. The next season, Mendy cemented his role as the starting goalkeeper on a team for the first time, as he helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 title as they were promoted to Ligue 1 for the following season. Mendy went on to keep three clean sheets over his next seven games. On the opening day of the season, Mendy made his debut when Reims' starting goalkeeper Johann Carrasso was sent off five minutes into the match against Amiens. In search of regular playing time, Mendy joined Reims during the 2016–17 Ligue 2 season. He played the 2015–16 season in Marseille's reserve team, primarily as a backup to Florian Escales. After one phone call with the academy goalkeeping coach, Dominique Bernatowicz, Marseille signed Mendy as their fourth choice goalkeeper. However, in 2015, Mendy was recommended to fill a goalkeeping vacancy at Marseille by friend and former teammate Ted Lavie. At the age of 22, Mendy registered for unemployment and began to look for jobs outside of football. "I did genuinely have my doubts about whether I would carry on," Mendy said in a later interview. He stayed in Cherbourg until the summer of 2014, after which he was without a club for a year. He started his professional career at AS Cherbourg, who were then in the Championnat National, the third tier of the French football league system. After being stuck behind Zacharie Boucher in the talent pool, Mendy dropped down levels to play with CS Municipaux Le Havre. Mendy joined the youth academy of Le Havre AC at the age of 13. He is a cousin of left-back Ferland Mendy, who plays for Real Madrid and the France national team. Mendy was born in Montivilliers ( Seine-Maritime, Normandy) in France. He helped his nation win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, while also being named the tournament's best goalkeeper, keeping a clean sheet in the final. He was also awarded both the UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year and The Best FIFA Goalkeeper of 2021, becoming the first African goalkeeper in football's history to win both awards.Įligible to play for Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and France, Mendy initially joined Guinea-Bissau in honour of his father, but subsequently switched allegiance to Senegal, where he became the first choice keeper for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, helping Senegal to a runners-up finish. Mendy also equalled the record for the most clean sheets in a UEFA Champions League season with nine, and kept another clean sheet in the final to help Chelsea win their second title. In his first season, he immediately broke into the starting line-up, becoming the first African goalkeeper to play for the club's senior team, and kept sixteen clean sheets in the Premier League. In September 2020, Mendy signed for Premier League side Chelsea for a fee reported of £22 million. He established himself as regular in the following seasons at Reims and Rennes. Mendy was released in 2014, after which he almost quit football, before getting an opportunity with Marseille's reserves. Starting his career in his native France, Mendy played in the Le Havre academy before signing professional terms with third division Cherbourg in 2011. Édouard Osoque Mendy (born 1 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea and the Senegal national team. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:21, 4 December 2022 (UTC) *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
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