François Mendy (born 5 April 2000) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a forward for

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

club

Châteauroux Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux te ...

Career

Mendy is a product of the youth academy of ES Trappes since the age of 9, and briefly moved to Castelroussin in 2018 before signing with the reserve team of

. He made his professional debut with Châteauroux in a 2–1

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

loss to

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

on 26 April 2021. On 5 May 2021, he signed his first professional contract with the club for 2 years.

Personal life

Born in France, Mendy is of Bissau guineene and Senegalese descent.

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* 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Trappes French men's footballers French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Men's association football forwards LB Châteauroux players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-2000s-stub