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Édouard Mendy
Édouard Osoque Mendy (born 1 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team. Starting his career in his native France, Mendy played in the Le Havre academy before signing professional terms with third division Cherbourg in 2011. Mendy was released in 2014, after which he almost quit football, before getting an opportunity with Marseille's reserves. He established himself as regular in the following seasons at Reims and Rennes. In 2020, Mendy signed for Premier League club Chelsea for a reported fee of £22 million. In his first season, he immediately broke into the starting line-up, becoming the first African goalkeeper to play for the club's senior team, and kept sixteen clean sheets in the Premier League. Mendy also equalled the record for the most clean sheets in a UEFA Champions League season with nine, and kept another clean sheet in the final to help ...
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2021 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2021 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club association football, football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was held from 3 to 12 February 2022 in the United Arab Emirates. Defending champions FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich did not qualify as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Al Hilal SFC, Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the semi-finals before requiring Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time to claim a 2–1 win over Brazilian side Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Final, final. Host appointmen ...
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Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away. Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992, following the decision of clubs from the Football League First Division, First Division (the top tier since 1888) to break away from the English Football League. Teams are still promoted and relegated to and from the EFL Championship each season. The Premier League is a corporation managed by a Richard Masters (football), chief executive, with member clubs as shareholders. The Premier League takes advantage of a £5 billion domestic televi ...
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Amiens SC
Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season was the first in the club's 116-year history, where they finished in 13th place. History Amiens Athlétic Club (AAC) was set up in 1901 by a group of players from the Association du Lycée d'Amiens, French schoolboy champions in 1902, 1903, and 1904. AAC crushed its first opponents, Saint-Quentin, 13–0 a few months after its creation. In April 1902, the ''Comité de Picardie de l'U.S.F.S.A'' was established by the then-president of the AAC (Henri-Frédéric Petit). AAC dominated the early USFSA league for the first 12 seasons. In 1909, the club got a new ground, at the Henry Daussy Park, allowi ...
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Johann Carrasso
Johann Carrasso (born 7 May 1988) is a French former footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is the younger brother of former France national football team goalkeeper and Bordeaux legend Cédric Carrasso. Club career Early career Born in Avignon, Carrasso began his career at his hometown club Avignon Foot 84. During his last year at the club, he was selected to attend the Centre de Formation de Cavaillon, an exclusive sporting club for goalkeepers. During his time in Cavaillon, he trained and played with nearby club US Le Pontet. Montpellier HSC In 2004, Carrasso joined Montpellier's under-16 team. Following his graduation from the academy, he was promoted to the first team for the Ligue 2 2007–08 season and designated as the 2nd keeper behind Geoffrey Jourdren. He made his debut in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Dijon. He made his league debut that season, as well, on 26 October in a 2–3 loss to Clermont Foot starting in place of the injured Jourdren. Following an e ...
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2016–17 Ligue 2
The 2016–17 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) season is the 78th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016. Teams There are 20 teams in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate. As of 30 May 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order. * Ajaccio * Amiens * Auxerre * Bourg-en-Bresse * Brest * Clermont * Gazélec Ajaccio * Laval * Le Havre * Lens * Nîmes * Niort * Orléans * Red Star * Reims * Sochaux * Strasbourg * Tours * Troyes * Valenciennes Title & Promotion run Going into the final day of the season, 6 teams had a chance of getting promoted and winning the title ...
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Florian Escales
Florian Escales (born 3 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Annecy. Club career Training with Marseille since the age of eight, Escales played with the reserve team from 2013. He signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2016. He made his professional debut on 13 December 2018 in the UEFA Europa League against Apollon Limassol. He played the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 away loss. In June 2019 Escales left Marseille and signed for Laval. His senior league debut came in the Championnat National game against Le Puy on 2 August 2019. In June 2020 Escales moved to Bastia-Borgo, also in the Championnat National. On 12 June 2021, he moved to Annecy Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ... in the same le ...
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Ted Lavie
Ted Mondésir Lavie Mienandy (born 19 March 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Montpellier, Lavie began his career with FC Brétigny-sur-Orge and was scouted by Bordeaux in summer 2000. He played three matches for Bordeaux and was loaned out to FC Gueugnon in summer for the 2006–07 season. After only three matches for Gueugnon he returned from his loan. In August 2008 he was loaned out to Angers. He played eight matches for Angers in the 2008–09 season. After his return to Bordeaux he was released in July 2009. In August 2009 he signed for AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed in 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 2 ... after trialling with the club for a few weeks. Personal life Ted's older brother, Aimé, has also played football profess ...
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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 promotion and relegation with Ligue 2 and the Championnat National 2, the fourth division of French football. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 34 games each, totalling 306 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Saturdays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. History The National was founded in 1993 by the French Football Federation and served as a ''base league'' for clubs on the brink of becoming professional or falling to the amateur levels. The league is annually composed of professional and semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which a ...
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Zacharie Boucher
Zacharie Boucher (born 7 March 1992) is a French professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club ES Troyes AC, Troyes. He was a France national youth football team, French youth international and has served as the number one goalkeeper at France national under-16 football team, under-16, France national under-17 football team, under-17, and France national under-18 football team, under-18 level. Club career Le Havre Born in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, Boucher began his professional career at Le Havre AC, Le Havre. For the 2010–11 Ligue 2, 2010–11 season, he was installed as the club's third goalkeeper behind starter Mike Van Hamel and backup Johny Placide. He made his professional debut on 29 July 2011 in a 2–1 win over FC Istres, Istres appearing as a substitute for starting goalkeeper Placide in the first half. Toulouse After being voted the Best Goalkeeper in Ligue 2 for 2013, Boucher signed with Ligue 1 ...
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Ferland Mendy
Ferland Sinna Mendy (born 8 June 1995) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the France national football team, France national team. Early life Mendy was born in Meulan-en-Yvelines, and grew up in Ecquevilly, in the western suburbs of Paris. He is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent. He acquired French nationality law, French nationality on 16 January 2007, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization. Club career Early career During the 2016–17 Ligue 2 season, Mendy made 35 appearances for Le Havre AC, Le Havre. Lyon Mendy signed for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon on 29 June 2017 on a five-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Le Havre was reported as €5 million plus a possible €1 million in bonuses. On 19 September 2018, he made his UEFA Champions League, Champions League debut in a 2–1 away win over Manchester City in the 2018–19 UE ...
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The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, to the world's best men's and women's goalkeeper. The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper Award winners The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper Award winners References See also * The Best FIFA Football Awards * The Best FIFA Men's Player * The Best FIFA Women's Player Goalkeepers FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ... Association football player non-biographical articles Awards established in 2017 Long stubs with short prose {{footy-stub ...
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