Nampalys Mendy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nampalys Mendy | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | La Seyne-sur-Mer, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | La Beaucaire Toulon | ||
| 1999–2001 | Toulon Le Las | ||
| 2001–2005 | RCF Toulon | ||
| 2005–2007 | Toulon | ||
| 2007–2010 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Monaco B | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Monaco | 74 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Nice | 110 | (1) |
| 2016– | Leicester City | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | France U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | France U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | France U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | France U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:25, 22 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:03, 4 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Nampalys Mendy (born 23 June 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City.
Due to his small stature, simple distribution, and reliable style of play, has been compared to former French international, Claude Makélélé whom Monaco club scout Didier Christophe referred to Mendy as a "" of. Mendy is a French youth international having earned caps at under-17, under-18 level, and under-19 level. He played with the under-17 team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.
After leaving Sporting Toulon in June 2007, Mendy went on trial with the football section of RC Toulon. According to Monaco scout Didier Christophe, he was told by the club coaches that Mendy was there to "make up the numbers". However, while training, Christophe noticed the player's intelligence and understanding of the game and recommended him to Dominique Bijotat, who was serving as head of the Monaco youth academy on the basis of Mendy having significant potential.
On 27 April 2010, Mendy signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Monaco until June 2013. In July 2010, he was called up to the first team by manager Guy Lacombe for pre-season training, again to make up the numbers with Lacombe missing several players such as Diego Pérez, Nicolas N'Koulou, Park Chu-Young, and Lukman Haruna, who had all participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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