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Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian club Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown of Nouakchott. He played for local teams such as Skok Club and Zamzam club before he was discovered by the National Football Academy, where he spent a few years.

Tanjy made his senior debut with topflight club Tidjikja, where he played for three years. He finished as the league's leading scorer in the 2017–18 season.

Tanjy signed a two-year deal with Nouadhibou in June 2018. In his first year with the club, he scored the game-winning goal in the title-clinching match against ASAC Concorde.

He finished as the leading scorer in the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 18 matches.

In December 2022, Tanjy became the first player in league history to score 100 goals.

International career

Tanjy played for the national under-20 team during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers in 2016, scoring twice in two matches.

In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.

He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship. He made his senior international debut during the first group stage match against Morocco on 13 January, replacing Moussa Samba in the 77th minute of an eventual 4–0 defeat. Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.

He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, though he did not appear in any games.

On 9 October 2020, Tanjy scored his first senior international goal in a 2–1 friendly win over Sierra Leone. He scored his second international goal on 22 June 2021, netting the second goal in a 2–0 win over Yemen that qualified Mauritania to the FIFA Arab Cup. In November 2021, Tanjy was named to the final squad for the FIFA Arab Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 August 2024

International

As of 10 September 2024

International goals

Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 October 2020	Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania	Sierra Leone	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	6 December 2021	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	Syria	2–1	2–1	2021 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

Nouadhibou

• Super D1: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Individual

• Super D1 best young player: 2016–17
• Super D1 top scorer (Golden Boot): 2016–17, 2020–21, 2022–23

References

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9. "Hemeya Tanjy, l'étoile montante du football mauritanien" (in French). akhbarnouadhibou.info. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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12. "Morocco 4–0 Mauritania".
13. Ismail, Ali (22 May 2019). "Mauritania reveal squad ahead of AFCON". KingFut. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
14. "منتخب المرابطين يفوز على نظيره اليمني". essaha.net (in Arabic). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
15. Zikpi, Alfred (20 November 2021). "Coupe arabe de la FIFA : La liste de la Mauritanie connue". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
16. ^ Hemeya Tanjy at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Hemeya Tanjy at Soccerway
• Hemeya Tanjy at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hemeya Tanjy at ESPN FC

Mauritania squads

v t e Mauritania squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Souleymane 2 M. Diaw 3 Abeid 4 Abou Demba 5 Ab. Ba (c) 6 Camara 7 Diakhité 8 Guidileye 9 Tanjy 10 Ad. Ba 11 Bessam 12 A. Diop 13 Sarr 14 Yali 15 N'Diaye 16 N. Diaw 17 Anne 18 El Hacen 19 Coulibaly 20 Thiam 21 Diarra 22 B. Diop 23 Gaye Coach: Martins v t e Mauritania squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations 1 M. N'Diaye 2 Karamoko 3 Abeid 4 Abou Demba 5 Ab. Ba (c) 6 K. Camara 7 I. Thiam 8 Fofana 9 Tanjy 10 Ad. Ba 11 O. Camara 12 A. N'Diaye 13 Diarra 14 Yali 15 Doukara 16 El Mokhtar 17 Mahmoud 18 Mouhsine 19 Coulibaly 20 Abderrahmane 21 Houbeib 22 Diop 23 Soueid 24 Sidi 25 P. Ba 26 Lekweiry 27 Kamara 28 A. Thiam Coach: Da Rosa v t e Mauritania squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations 1 N. Diaw 2 K. Diaw 3 Abeid (c) 4 Gassama 5 L. Ba 6 Fofana 7 E.H. Ba 8 Bodda 9 Tanjy 10 Thiam 11 Anne 12 Camara 13 N. El Abd 14 Dellahi Yali 15 Doukara 16 Niasse 17 El Welly 18 S. El Abd 19 Koïta 20 Keita 21 Houbeib 22 M. N'Diaye 23 Bouna Amar 24 B. N'Diaye 25 I. Ba 26 Ngom 27 Kamara Coach: Abdou

• Living people
• 1998 births
• Mauritanian men's footballers
• Mauritania men's international footballers
• Men's association football forwards
• 2018 African Nations Championship players
• 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
• 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
• 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
• Mauritania men's under-20 international footballers
• Chemal FC players
• FC Nouadhibou players
• People from Nouakchott
• Mauritania men's A' international footballers
• 2022 African Nations Championship players