Gaston Mendy

Gaston Mendy

Personal information
Full name	Gaston Xavier Mendy
Date of birth	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Jeanne d'Arc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Panthers Dakar
2005–2006	Desportivo Aves
2006–2007	Estoril	26	(2)
2007–2010	Farul Constanța	69	(2)
2010–2012	Universitatea Cluj	45	(1)
2012–2013	Petrolul Ploiești	1	(0)
2013–2014	Universitatea Cluj	15	(0)
2014	Rapid București	8	(0)
2015	Mladá Boleslav	1	(0)
2016–2017	ASA Târgu Mureș	41	(0)
2018–2020	Dunărea Călărași	57	(1)
Total		263	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2021

Gaston Xavier Mendy (born 22 November 1985) is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Career

Gaston Mendy was born on 22 November 1985 in Dakar, Senegal, starting to play junior level football at Jeanne d'Arc.[1][2] In 2004 he started to play senior level football at Panthers Dakar.[1] One year later he moved to Portuguese fourth league club, Desportivo Aves.[1][2] One year later he went at second league side, Estoril.[1][2]

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][6] 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.[1][7] After two seasons, the club relegated to the second league, Mendy staying with them for one more season, before signing with Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][8] 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.[9] 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][3][10] After playing only one league game for The Yellow Wolves, Mendy left the team, returning to "U" Cluj.[1][11] In September 2014 he was brought to Rapid București by one of his former coaches from Universitatea, Ionel Ganea.[1][2][12]

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][2][13] 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.[1][14] In 2016 he returned to Romania at ASA Târgu Mureș with whom he relegated at the end of the season.[1][2][15] 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.[16][17] 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][2][18] He stayed one more season with Dunărea, then retired in 2020.[4][5][16]

Honours

Dunărea Călărași

• Liga II: 2017–18[16]

References

1. Gaston Mendy at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "Gaston Mendy" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
3. "Îl uitaseră pe drum. Gaston Mendy, de la Universitatea Cluj, se va alătura și el proiectului "Petrolul"" [They had forgotten him on the way. Gaston Mendy, from the Universitatea Cluj, will also join the "Petrolul" project] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
4. "Condiția bizară pusă de un fost jucător din Liga 1 pentru a semna: "Nu vrea să joace în deplasare"" [Bizarre condition set by a former Liga 1 player to sign: "He doesn't want to play in the away games"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
5. "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" [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] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
6. "Florentin Chiforeanu nu mai e la Farul" [Florentin Chiforeanu is not at Farul] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
7. "FC Universitatea Craiova 4:0 Farul Constanța". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
8. "Mendy a semnat cu "U"" [Mendy signed with "U"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
   "Mendy, la "U" Cluj" [Mendy, at "U" Cluj] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
9. "U Cluj trece de Oțelul. Cu mâna pe trăgaci" [U Cluj gets past Oțelul. With the hand on the trigger] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
   "Gaston Mendy. Liga 1 2010/2011". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
10. "Ingineriile lui Walter: Cristea a plecat gratis de la U Cluj la Petrolul Ploiesti" [Walter's engineering: Cristea left for free from U Cluj to Petrolul Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Bzi.ro. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
    "Inca un scandal in Liga 1 - Perchezitii la U Cluj si Petrolul in legatura cu transferurile de jucatori efecuate de Florian Walter" [Another scandal in Liga 1 - Searches at U Cluj and Petrolul in connection with the transfers of the players made by Florian Walter] (in Romanian). Sport.hotnews.ro. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
11. "Un nou transfer la "U" Cluj: Gaston Mendy se pregătește de azi cu "Șepcile roșii"" [A new transfer to "U" Cluj: Gaston Mendy is preparing from today with "The Red Caps"] (in Romanian). Zcj.ro. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
12. "Ganea testează un jucător dorit în trecut de Dinamo!" [Ganea is testing a player wanted in the past by Dinamo!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
13. "FK Mladá Boleslav 3:0 Vysočina Jihlava". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
14. "FK Mladá Boleslav 1:2 Strømsgodset IF". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
15. "Ganea, după retrogradarea matematică a lui ASA: "Deja ne-am resemnat că vom juca în liga a doua"" [Ganea, after the mathematical relegation of ASA: "We have already resigned ourselves to playing in the second league"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
16. Gaston Mendy at Soccerway
17. "Dunărea așteaptă la reunire trei jucători de la ASA Târgu Mureș. Primii plecați" [Dunărea is waiting for three players from ASA Târgu Mureș at the reunion. The first to leave] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
    "Dunărea Călărași a ajuns la opt achiziții în această iarnă după ce a împrumutat un jucător din Liga 1" [Dunărea Călăraşi reached eight acquisitions this winter after loaning a player from Liga 1] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
    "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!"" [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!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
18. "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" [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] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

External links

• Gaston Mendy at WorldFootball.net
• Gaston Mendy at ForaDeJogo (archived)