Victor Mendy (born 22 December 1981) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for Blanc Mesnil SF in

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. Previously Mendy has played in France for

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, Paris FC, FC Metz and

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, Turkey for Bucaspor, Azerbaijan for Gabala and India for

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Career

Club

Paris FC

Mendy's career was launched at Paris FC, where he scored 12 goals in 30 games in the Championnat National. His performance attracted the attention of FC Metz.

Metz and Clermont

Mendy signed a three-year professional contract with

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Metz on 1 June 2007, but was loaned to

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side

before playing a game. His professional debut for Clermont came on 14 September 2007, in a 1–1 draw at

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. He scored his first professional goal a week later, the opening goal in a 3–0 home win against Dijon FCO. When he returned from his loan spell, Metz had been relegated from Ligue 1, and he never got to play at that level.

Bucaspor

In June 2010, Mendy moved to Turkey to join Bucaspor.

Gabala

In the summer of 2011, Mendy signed a two-year contract with

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, taking the number 9 jersey. He made his debut in the first game of the season against

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in a 0–0 draw on 7 August 2011. His first goal for Gabala came in the 37th minute of the fourth game of the season away to Qarabağ in a game that finished in a 0–1 victory to Gabala. He ended his first season in Gabala with 9 goals in all competitions. In his second season Mendy scored 6 times in 26 appearances in all competitions to leave him in joint 2nd place in Gabala's all time goal scorers chart with Deon Burton and

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on 15. During Gabala's 4-0 Victory over

on 29 April 2012, Mendy scored Gabala's 300th goal. On 15 September 2013, Mendy scored in Gabala's 1–2 away victory over AZAL to become the club's all-time leading

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goal scorer with 17. Mendy left Gabala at the end of the 2014–15 season, after four-years with the club he'd scored 33 goals in 127 games.

North East United

On 13 November 2015, it was announced that Victor would be joining Indian Super League team

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as replacement for injured striker

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Blanc Mesnil

In 2016 he returned to France, linking up with his old coach Alain Mboma at Blanc Mesnil SF. The side won promotion to

in summer 2017 as part of the re-structure of the fifth tier of the French football league system.

Career statistics

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* * () * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendy, Victor 1981 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Paris FC players Clermont Foot players Villemomble Sports players FC Metz players Bucaspor footballers Gabala SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan