Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Mendy | ||
Date of birth | 17 July 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Longjumeau, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Monaco | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2007 | Palaiseau | ||
2007–2011 | Le Havre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Le Havre II | 12 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Le Havre | 57 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Marseille | 81 | (2) |
2016– | Monaco | 22 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2010 | France U16 | 15 | (1) |
2010–2011 | France U17 | 17 | (1) |
2011–2012 | France U18 | 5 | (1) |
2012–2013 | France U19 | 12 | (0) |
2014– | France U21 | 9 | (0) |
2017– | France | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2017 |
Benjamin Mendy (born 17 July 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco.
On 24 July 2011, Mendy signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Le Havre. Mendy made his professional debut on 9 August 2011 in the team's 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue defeat to Amiens.
On 8 July 2013, Mendy agreed deal to sign with Ligue 1 side Marseille.
On 22 June 2016, Marseille's Ligue 1 rivals Monaco announced that they had signed Mendy on a five-year deal.
Mendy is a French youth international having represented his nation at under-16 and under-17 level. In 2011, he was a part of the under-17 team that reached the quarter-finals at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Mendy was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017. He made his debut on 25 March 2017 against the former, playing the whole game in a 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification away win.
(Correct as of 19 April 2017)