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| Full name | Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Lyon | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U17 | 14 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy (born 26 December 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon.
Early life
Born 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. She won the 2022-23 France national U-19 Women's Championship with Lyon.
International career
In 2023, Mendy captained France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. 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. 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.
Honours
Lyon
France U17
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2023
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023
References
- "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.
- ^ "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
- Maeline Mendy at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Maeline Mendy at Soccerway
- Profile (in French) at footofeminin.fr
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