Alexandre Mendy (born 20 March 1994) is a 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 club

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

. Born in France, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

A youth product of

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

to gain more playing time. He was again loaned eight months later to

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 ...

side

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

, where he made his full professional in September 2014, in a 2–0

defeat against

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...

. On 21 June 2016, Mendy signed for

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

side

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

. The transfer fee was estimated at between €600,000 and 1 million. In June 2017, Mendy moved to league rivals

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, signing a four-year deal. On 29 October 2024, Mendy became the all-time top scorer of

after netting a brace in a 3–0 win over

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A ...

. His second goal of the match was his 70th for Caen, surpassing Cyrille Watier's previous record of 69 goals for the club.

International career

Mendy is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent. He was called up to represent the Guinea-Bissau national team in October 2020. Mendy debuted for Guinea-Bissau in a 1-0

Africa Cup of Nations qualification Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

loss to

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

on 15 November 2020.

Personal life

Mendy is the cousin of fellow footballers

Nampalys Mendy Nampalys Mendy (born 23 June 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lens. Born in France, he represents Senegal at international level. Due to his small stature, simple distribution, and reliable ...

and Bafétimbi Gomis.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Guingamp *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

runner-up: 2018–19 Individual *

top goalscorer: 2023–24 * UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2023–24

References

External links

* *
Alexandre Mendy foot-national.com Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendy, Alexandre 1994 births Living people Footballers from Toulon Men's association football forwards Bissau-Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers French men's footballers Bissau-Guinean people of Senegalese descent French sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players OGC Nice players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Nîmes Olympique players En Avant Guingamp players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Stade Brestois 29 players Stade Malherbe Caen players 21st-century French sportsmen