Mendy in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1973-11-29) 29 November 1973 (age 51) | ||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Montpellier Féminines (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1997 | FC Martigues | 94 | (2) |
1997–2004 | Bastia | 157 | (2) |
2004–2007 | Montpellier | 88 | (3) |
Total | 339 | (7) | |
Managerial career | |||
2019– | Montpellier (women) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frédéric Mendy (born 29 November 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played 339 matches in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for FC Martigues, SC Bastia and Montpellier HSC between 1993 and 2007.
Managerial career
In 2019, Mendy was appointed manager of the Montpellier women's team.
Personal life
Mendy was born in France, and is of Senegalese descent. When David Ginola collapsed during a charity football match in 2016, Mendy performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which cardiac surgeon Gilles Dreyfus claimed saved Ginola from death or at the least permanent brain damage.
References
- ^ "Frédéric Mendy". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- Rouaba, Ahmed (26 September 2020). "Mendys of the match: An 11 like no other". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "Top 10 : les Mendy – Les Cahiers du football". cahiersdufootball.net.
- Byrne, Paul (20 May 2016). "David Ginola's life was saved by bystander who performed CPR on pitch". mirror. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
External links
- Frédéric Mendy at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Marseille
- Men's association football defenders
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- French beach soccer players
- FC Martigues players
- SC Bastia players
- Montpellier HSC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Black French sportspeople
- Division 1 Féminine managers