Anthony Louis Mandrea (; born 25 December 1996) is a professional
footballer
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Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Algeria national team.
Club career
Mandrea made his
Ligue 1
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debut for Nice on 3 November 2013 in a 1–2 home defeat against Bordeaux, replacing an injured David Ospina after 51 minutes. At 16 years and 10 months he was, at the time, the youngest goalkeeper to play in Ligue 1. He made no further first team appearances for Nice, and in the summer of 2016 he moved to Angers, where he signed professional terms on a three-year deal in September 2017. His Angers debut came in the
Coupe de la Ligue
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on 12 December 2017 against Metz, in which he kept a clean sheet.
In July 2020, as third-choice goalkeeper for Angers, he was loaned to SO Cholet in the Championnat National in search of playing time. At the end of the season he was named best goalkeeper of the Championnat National season.
On 23 June 2022, Mandrea moved to
Caen
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Mandrea was born in France to a French father and Algerian mother. He made one appearance for the France U18s at the ''Tournoi de Limoges'' in 2013.
He was called up to the senior Algeria national team in May 2022, and made his debut in a 2–1 friendly win over Iran on 12 June 2022.
In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the
2023 Africa Cup of Nations
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