Biography
He was born in 1992 by Senegalese mother and Bissau Guinean father in France. He started his football career in at The Le Havre academy before he played for Cherbourg, France league 3 in 2011. He was released the contract in 2014. He almost quitted his football career after he couldn’t find any football clubs. Fortunately, Marseille accepted him as reserves in 2015, he only appeared eight times for Marseille during 2015-2016 season. He was transferred to Reims from Marseille. At Reims, he tried hard to establish himself, so he could appear 80 times. With amazing contribution for Reims, he was transferred to Rennes in 2019, before Chelsea football club paid millions to have his service in 2020.
Why do football fans consider him as the very tale story of a football player?
Unlike many talented football players, they often establish their names when they are teenagers or early 20s. Mendy is so different with the rest famous football players, he started becoming fame when he was 28 years old. Many talented football players often start to go down or retire their career at 28 years old. Hope his very tale story last longer a little bit, so he can enjoy fruits from his hard working.