Gaston Mendy

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Gaston Xavier Mendy (born 22 November 1985) is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Career

Gaston Mendy was born on 22 November 1985 in Dakar, Senegal, starting to play junior level football at Jeanne d'Arc.[1][2] In 2004 he started to play senior level football at Panthers Dakar.[1] One year later he moved to Portuguese fourth league club, Desportivo Aves.[1][2] One year later he went at second league side, Estoril.[1][2]

In 2007 he switched countries again, going in Romania at Farul Constanța, after being noticed by the club's technical director Marin Ion.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He made his Liga I debut on 28 July as coach Constantin Gache used him as a starter in a 4–0 away loss in front of FC Universitatea Craiova.[1][7] After two seasons, the club relegated to the second league, Mendy staying with them for one more season, before signing with Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][8] In his first season spent at The Red Caps he scored a goal in a 2–1 win over Oțelul Galați but also received three red cards.[9] After about two seasons, in the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești, with 11 other players from "U" Cluj, when the owner of the Cluj team, left the club in order to take control of Petrolul.[1][2][3][10] After playing only one league game for The Yellow Wolves, Mendy left the team, returning to "U" Cluj.[1][11] In September 2014 he was brought to Rapid București by one of his former coaches from Universitatea, Ionel Ganea.[1][2][12]

In 2015 he went at Mladá Boleslav, playing only one game in the Czech First League on 30 May when coach Karel Jarolím used him as a starter in a 3–0 home win over Vysočina Jihlava.[1][2][13] At Mlada he also made in his only appearance in European competitions, playing all the minutes in a 2–1 home loss in front of Strømsgodset in the second round of the 2015–16 Europa League qualifying phase.[1][14] In 2016 he returned to Romania at ASA Târgu Mureș with whom he relegated at the end of the season.[1][2][15] He started the 2017–18 Liga II season at ASA but in the middle of it he went at Dunărea Călărași in the same league where he was wanted by coach Dan Alexa, at the end of the season earning promotion to the first league.[16][17] In the following season, Mendy made his last Liga I appearances, having a total of 165 matches with one goal scored in the competition, Dunărea relegating back to the second league.[1][2][18] He stayed one more season with Dunărea, then retired in 2020.[4][5][16]

Honours

Dunărea Călărași

References

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External links

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