Jackson Mendy (born 25 May 1987) is a professional

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who plays as a defender. Born in France, he represented the Senegal national team internationally.

Club career

Mendy was born in

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, France. He started his career in the training centre of

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, moving first to Quevilly, before signing a one-season professional trainee contract with Rennes in June 2006. A year later, having not imposed himself, he left Rennes for

Paris FC Paris Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional football club based in Paris, that competes in the Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade C ...

. After one season at Paris FC, Mendy moved to Germany, first with

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

, where he played for the B team, and then with

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

. He left the club in July 2010, having a trial at

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team

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before signing a two-year deal with French side

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. He stayed just one season, due to Grenoble filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 campaign. On 31 July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Ligue 1 side

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. Mendy made his Ligue 1 debut on 17 September 2011, as a second half substitute in the match at

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. After making just three Ligue 1 appearances, he moved to Superleague Greece side

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in January 2012, signing a two-year deal. He was released from his contract at the end of the 2012–13 season, and joined Bulgarian side

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. He spent a second season in Bulgaria with

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

in 2014–15 before a six-month spell in Cyprus with Omonia. In January 2016 Mendy returned to Levadiakos for a second spell, spending two-and-a-half seasons with the club. In July 2018 he signed a two-year deal with Swiss side FC Schaffhausen. Having been used most often as a substitute in the second half of the 2018–19 season, he signed for

US Boulogne Union Sportive de Boulogne-sur-Mer Côte d'Opale (commonly referred to as US Boulogne or frequently, simply Boulogne) is a French association football club based in the commune of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The club was founded in 1898 and currently pl ...

International career

On 11 May 2010, he earned his first call-up for the Senegal national football team for a friendly match against

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on 27 May 2010.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendy, Jackson 1987 births Living people People from Mont-Saint-Aignan French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Citizens of Senegal through descent Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime French footballers Senegalese footballers Association football defenders Senegal international footballers FC Hansa Rostock players SC Freiburg players Paris FC players Stade Rennais F.C. players AJ Auxerre players Grenoble Foot 38 players AC Ajaccio players US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players Levadiakos F.C. players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Litex Lovech players AC Omonia players FC Schaffhausen players US Boulogne players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Bundesliga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Swiss Challenge League players Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Footballers from Normandy