Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy (born 26 December 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon.
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| Full name | Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 December 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nogent-sur-Marne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | AS Val-de-Fontenay | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | RC Joinville | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon B | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Lyon | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U17 | 14 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | France U19 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
editBorn in Nogent-sur-Marne, Mendy started playing football at AS Val-de-Fontenay, where she played with the club's boys team. In 2017, she joined RC Joinville where she captained the U14 boys team before joining Lyon youth team in 2022.[1] She won the 2022-23 France national U-19 Women's Championship with Lyon.[2]
International career
editIn 2023, Mendy captained France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[3] She scored a hattrick and delivered 2 assists against Switzerland in the semi-finals and scored one goal in the final to help France winning the competition for the first time in their history.[4][5] Mendy scored in total 5 goals during the campaign and was the joint top scorer alongside her teammate Liana Joseph and Spanish team player Vicky López.[6]
Honours
editLyon
France U17
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2023[6]
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023[8]
References
edit- ^ "Maeline Mendy, jeune lyonne..." (PDF) (in French). A Fontenay. 6 June 2021. p. 20.
- ^ "U19F : nos jeunes Lyonnaises championnes de France !". www.ol.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Maeline Mendy : " Emmener l'équipe le plus haut possible "". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Le but venu d'ailleurs de Maeline Mendy en demies de l'Euro féminin U17". Footeuses (in French). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "L'équipe de France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". L'Équipière (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Grâce aux lyonnaises Liana Joseph et Maeline Mendy, la France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". lyonfoot.com (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "LYON GARDE SA COURONNE" (in French). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "2023 Women's Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 30 May 2023.
External links
edit- Maeline Mendy at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Maeline Mendy at Soccerway
- Profile (in French) at footofeminin.fr