Matthew Mendy (born 13 June 1983 in Serekunda) is a football defender from

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

, he currently plays for

FC Jazz FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ). History PPT 1934–1991 FC Jazz was established in 1934 as ...

in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen. Mendy was signed by Jazz in August 2014.

Career

From 2001 to 2007 Mendy was studying in the United States and played for Alabama A&M Bulldogs and George Mason Patriots. In April 2007 he was transferred to German team KFC Uerdingen 05 and later to

1. FC Kleve 1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of ''VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve'' and ''Sportclub Kleve 63''. The footbal ...

. After only one month with Kleve he was signed by

Erste Liga In sports, 1. Liga, 1. liga, I Liga or Erste Liga may refer to: Association football * 1. Bundesliga, football league in Germany * Latvian First League, (1. līga), football league in Latvia * I liga, football league in Poland * I liga (women's ...

club

1. FC Vöcklabruck 1. FC Vöcklabruck was an Austrian association football club from Vöcklabruck. They last played in the Austrian Football First League. History After the retreat of the Sponsor Resch Eisen, Gase und Transporte notified the club insolvence on. ...

. Mendy has also played in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, Malta and in 2013–2014 for Feni Soccer Club in

Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...

.Soccer club Feni Has Signed Gambian International Matthew Mendy
Southasia Football.

International

Mendy has capped nine times for the Gambia national football teamMatthew Mendy
National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

References