Steve Mandanda
Mandanda playing for Marseille in 2010.
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| Full name | Steve Mandanda | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1985 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||
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Current team
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Crystal Palace | ||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||
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| 2001–2005 | Le Havre | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2005–2008 | Le Havre | 67 | (0) | ||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Marseille (loan) | 34 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008–2016 | Marseille | 300 | (0) | ||||||
| 2016– | Crystal Palace | 9 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2003–2006 | France U21 | 17 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008 | France B | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008– | France | 24 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016 |
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Steve Mandanda (French pronunciation: [stɛv mɑ̃dɑ̃nda]; born 28 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Premier League club Crystal Palace and the French national team. He has represented France at four international tournaments: three UEFA European Football Championships (2008, 2012, and 2016) and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Mandanda made his league début for Le Havre in August 2005, and did not concede a goal until his fourth match. He played 30 league matches in the 2005–06 season and 37 in 2006–07, with his performances attracting the attention of other clubs. Following an unsuccessful trial at Aston Villa prior to the 2007–08 season, he joined Marseille in summer 2007.
At the start of his first season with Marseille, Mandanda was regarded as an understudy to first choice keeper Cédric Carrasso. However a knee injury ruled Carrasso out for six months, leaving the way clear for Mandanda to become a regular fixture in Ligue 1, Champions League and UEFA Cup matches. On 5 March 2008, Mandanda joined Marseille on a permanent four-year contract.
At the end of Mandanda's final season at Marseille he was named as the club's Player of the Season. It was the second time that he won the award having previously done so in the 2007-08 campaign.
On 1 July 2016, Premier League club Crystal Palace announced that they had completed the signing of Mandanda on a free transfer from Marseille.
Mandanda has won a number of caps for the France national under-21 football team and was named in the French squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
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