Gaston Mendy Explained

Gaston Mendy
Fullname:Gaston Xavier Mendy
Birth Date:22 November 1985
Birth Place:Dakar, Senegal
Height:1.760NaN0
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Jeanne d'Arc
Years1:2004–2005
Clubs1:Panthers Dakar
Years2:2005–2006
Clubs2:Desportivo Aves
Years3:2006–2007
Clubs3:Estoril
Caps3:26
Goals3:2
Years4:2007–2010
Caps4:69
Goals4:2
Years5:2010–2012
Caps5:45
Goals5:1
Years6:2012–2013
Caps6:1
Goals6:0
Years7:2013–2014
Caps7:15
Goals7:0
Years8:2014
Caps8:8
Goals8:0
Years9:2015
Caps9:1
Goals9:0
Years10:2016–2017
Caps10:41
Goals10:0
Years11:2018–2020
Caps11:57
Goals11:1
Totalcaps:263
Totalgoals:6
Club-Update:26 April 2021

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

Career

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

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] 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.[6] After two seasons, the club relegated to the second league, Mendy staying with them for one more season, before signing with Universitatea Cluj.[1] [7] 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.[8] 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] [9] After playing only one league game for The Yellow Wolves, Mendy left the team, returning to "U" Cluj.[10] In September 2014 he was brought to Rapid București by one of his former coaches from Universitatea, Ionel Ganea.[1] [11]

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] [12] 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.[13] In 2016 he returned to Romania at ASA Târgu Mureș with whom he relegated at the end of the season.[1] [14] 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.[15] 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] [16] He stayed one more season with Dunărea, then retired in 2020.[3] [4]

Honours

Dunărea Călărași

2017–18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaston Mendy. 4everucluj.ro. Romanian.
  2. Web site: Îl uitaseră pe drum. Gaston Mendy, de la Universitatea Cluj, se va alătura și el proiectului "Petrolul". Digisport.ro. Romanian. They had forgotten him on the way. Gaston Mendy, from the Universitatea Cluj, will also join the "Petrolul" project . 16 August 2012 . 24 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Condiția bizară pusă de un fost jucător din Liga 1 pentru a semna: "Nu vrea să joace în deplasare". Digisport.ro. Romanian. Bizarre condition set by a former Liga 1 player to sign: "He doesn't want to play in the away games" . 22 January 2022 . 24 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Gaston Mendy continuă în fotbalul românesc și la 36 de ani. A coborât în "subsolul" ligilor, dar are rol important și a promis să-l aducă la echipă pe excentricul Ousmane N’Doye. Liga2.prosport.ro. Romanian. Gaston Mendy continues in Romanian football even at the age of 36. He went down to the "basement" of the leagues, but he has an important role and promised to bring the eccentric Ousmane N'Doye to the team. 25 January 2022 . 24 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Florentin Chiforeanu nu mai e la Farul. Ziuaconstanta.ro. Romanian. Florentin Chiforeanu is not at Farul . 4 June 2007 . 24 October 2024.
  6. Web site: WorldFootball. FC Universitatea Craiova 4:0 Farul Constanța. 24 October 2024.
  7. Web site: Mendy a semnat cu "U". Liga2.prosport.ro. Romanian. Mendy signed with "U" . 21 July 2010 . 24 October 2024.
    Web site: Mendy, la "U" Cluj. Prosport.ro. Romanian. Mendy, at "U" Cluj . 20 July 2010 . 24 October 2024.
  8. Web site: U Cluj trece de Oțelul. Cu mâna pe trăgaci. Gsp.ro. Romanian . U Cluj gets past Oțelul. With the hand on the trigger. 23 August 2010 . 24 October 2024.
    Web site: WorldFootball. Gaston Mendy. Liga 1 2010/2011. 24 October 2024.
  9. Web site: Ingineriile lui Walter: Cristea a plecat gratis de la U Cluj la Petrolul Ploiesti. Bzi.ro. Romanian . Walter's engineering: Cristea left for free from U Cluj to Petrolul Ploiesti. 16 November 2012 . 24 October 2024.
    Web site: Inca un scandal in Liga 1 - Perchezitii la U Cluj si Petrolul in legatura cu transferurile de jucatori efecuate de Florian Walter. Sport.hotnews.ro. Romanian . Another scandal in Liga 1 - Searches at U Cluj and Petrolul in connection with the transfers of the players made by Florian Walter. 14 November 2012 . 24 October 2024.
  10. Web site: Un nou transfer la "U" Cluj: Gaston Mendy se pregătește de azi cu "Șepcile roșii". Zcj.ro. Romanian. A new transfer to "U" Cluj: Gaston Mendy is preparing from today with "The Red Caps" . 10 April 2013 . 24 October 2024.
  11. Web site: Ganea testează un jucător dorit în trecut de Dinamo!. Libertatea.ro. Romanian. Ganea is testing a player wanted in the past by Dinamo!. 5 September 2014 . 24 October 2024.
  12. Web site: WorldFootball. FK Mladá Boleslav 3:0 Vysočina Jihlava. 24 October 2024.
  13. Web site: WorldFootball. FK Mladá Boleslav 1:2 Strømsgodset IF. 24 October 2024.
  14. Web site: Ganea, după retrogradarea matematică a lui ASA: "Deja ne-am resemnat că vom juca în liga a doua". Digisport.ro . Romanian . Ganea, after the mathematical relegation of ASA: "We have already resigned ourselves to playing in the second league". 19 May 2017 . 24 October 2024.
  15. Web site: Dunărea așteaptă la reunire trei jucători de la ASA Târgu Mureș. Primii plecați. Liga2.prosport.ro . Romanian. Dunărea is waiting for three players from ASA Târgu Mureș at the reunion. The first to leave . 9 January 2018 . 24 October 2024.
    Web site: Dunărea Călărași a ajuns la opt achiziții în această iarnă după ce a împrumutat un jucător din Liga 1. Liga2.prosport.ro. Romanian. Dunărea Călăraşi reached eight acquisitions this winter after loaning a player from Liga 1 . 17 February 2018 . 24 October 2024.
    Web site: Dunărea Călărași a promovat în premieră în Liga 1! Reportaj din mijlocul bucuriei: Anamaria Prodan a fost lângă Alexa. "Să sărbătorim, cu bere şi vin, clipa ce-o trăim!". Gsp.ro. Romanian. Dunărea Călăraşi promoted for the first time in Liga 1! Report from the middle of the joy: Anamaria Prodan was next to Alexa. "Let's celebrate, with beer and wine, the moment we are living!" . 5 May 2018 . 24 October 2024.
  16. Web site: Dunărea Călărași retrogradează în Liga 2, FC Hermannstadt e adversara Universității Cluj la baraj. În minutul 90+5, sibienii erau ei cei care picau în eșalonul secund. Liga2.prosport.ro . Romanian. Dunărea Călărași is relegated to Liga 2, FC Hermannstadt is the opponent of Universitatea Cluj in the playoffs. In the 90+5th minute, the Sibiu were the ones who fell into the second echelon . 2 June 2019 . 24 October 2024.

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