Hemeya Tanjy | |
Fullname: | Hemeya Tanjy[1] |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1998 |
Birth Place: | Teyarett, Mauritania |
Height: | 1.76 m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Al-Hilal |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Years1: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs1: | Tidjikja |
Caps1: | 41 |
Goals1: | 31 |
Years2: | 2018–2023 |
Clubs2: | Nouadhibou |
Caps2: | ? |
Goals2: | 111 |
Years3: | 2023– |
Clubs3: | Al-Ittihad |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | Mauritania U20 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
Nationalteam2: | Mauritania U23 |
Nationalcaps2: | 0 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2018– |
Nationalteam3: | Mauritania |
Nationalcaps3: | 43 |
Nationalgoals3: | 6 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 6 June 2024 |
Years4: | 2024- |
Clubs4: | Al-Hilal |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian club Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team.
Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown of Nouakchott.[2] He played for local teams such as Skok Club and Zamzam club before he was discovered by the National Football Academy, where he spent a few years.[2]
Tanjy made his senior debut with topflight club Tidjikja, where he played for three years.[3] He finished as the league's leading scorer in the 2017–18 season.[4]
Tanjy signed a two-year deal with Nouadhibou in June 2018.[5] In his first year with the club, he scored the game-winning goal in the title-clinching match against ASAC Concorde.[6]
He finished as the leading scorer in the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 18 matches.[4]
In December 2022, Tanjy became the first player in league history to score 100 goals.[7]
Tanjy played for the national under-20 team during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers in 2016, scoring twice in two matches.[8]
In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.[9]
He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship.[10] He made his senior international debut during the first group stage match against Morocco on 13 January, replacing Moussa Samba in the 77th minute of an eventual 4–0 defeat.[11] Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.
He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt,[12] though he did not appear in any games.[2]
On 9 October 2020, Tanjy scored his first senior international goal in a 2–1 friendly win over Sierra Leone. He scored his second international goal on 22 June 2021, netting the second goal in a 2–0 win over Yemen that qualified Mauritania to the FIFA Arab Cup.[13] In November 2021, Tanjy was named to the final squad for the FIFA Arab Cup.[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Others | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Tidjikja | 2016-17 | Super D1 | 21 | 16 | colspan=2 | - | colspan=2 | - | 21 | 16 | |||
2017-18 | 20 | 15 | colspan=2 | - | 20 | 15 | |||||||
Total | 41 | 31 | 41 | 31 | |||||||||
Nouadhibou | 2018-19 | Super D1 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 | |||||
2019-20 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
2020-21 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | |||||||
2021-22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||||
2022-23 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 24 | |||||
Total | 83 | 62 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 74 | |||
Al-Ittihad | 2023-24 | Libyan Premier League | 6 | 0 | colspan=2 | - | 6 | 0 | |||||
Al Hilal | 2023-24 | Libyan Premier League | 10 | 3 | colspan=2 | - | 10 | 3 | |||||
2024-25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Total career | 140 | 110 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 165 | 122 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mauritania | 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 8 | 0 | ||
2020 | 2 | 1 | ||
2021 | 11 | 2 | ||
2022 | 4 | 1 | ||
2023 | 8 | 2 | ||
2024 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 43 | 6 |
Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 9 October 2020 | align=center | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
2. | 6 December 2021 | align=center | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
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