Maeline Mendy

Maeline Mendy

Personal information
Full name	Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy
Date of birth	(2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth	Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lyon
Number	32
Youth career
2012–2017	AS Val-de-Fontenay
2017–2022	RC Joinville
2022–	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–	Lyon B	4	(5)
2024–	Lyon	7	(2)
International career^‡
2022–2023	France U17	14	(10)
2023–2024	France U19	7	(4)
2024–	France U20	4	(0)
Medal record Women's football Representing  France UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Winner 2023 Estonia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2024

Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy (born 26 December 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon.

Early life

Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Mendy started playing football at AS Val-de-Fontenay, where she played with the club's boys team. In 2017, she joined RC Joinville where she captained the U14 boys team before joining Lyon youth team in 2022.[1] She won the 2022-23 France national U-19 Women's Championship with Lyon.[2]

Club career

On 7 July 2023, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had signed a professional contract with Mendy until the summer of 2026.[3] On 11 January 2025, Lyon announced that they had extended their contract with Mendy until the summer of 2027.[4]

International career

In 2023, Mendy captained France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[5] She scored a hattrick and delivered 2 assists against Switzerland in the semi-finals and scored one goal in the final to help France winning the competition for the first time in their history.[6][7] Mendy scored in total 5 goals during the campaign and was the joint top scorer alongside her teammate Liana Joseph and Spanish team player Vicky López.[8]

Honours

Lyon

• Division 1 Féminine: 2023–24[9]

France U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2023[8]

Individual

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2023[8]
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023[10]

References

1. "Maeline Mendy, jeune lyonne..." (PDF) (in French). A Fontenay. 6 June 2021. p. 20.
2. "U19F : nos jeunes Lyonnaises championnes de France !". www.ol.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "Academy : 6 joueuses passent professionnelles !". ol.fr/ (in French). Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
4. "Maeline Mendy prolonge jusqu'en 2027". ol.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
5. "Maeline Mendy : " Emmener l'équipe le plus haut possible "". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
6. "Le but venu d'ailleurs de Maeline Mendy en demies de l'Euro féminin U17". Footeuses (in French). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
7. "L'équipe de France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". L'Équipière (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
8. "Grâce aux lyonnaises Liana Joseph et Maeline Mendy, la France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". lyonfoot.com (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
9. "LYON GARDE SA COURONNE" (in French). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
10. "2023 Women's Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 30 May 2023.

External links

• Maeline Mendy at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Maeline Mendy at Soccerway
• Profile (in French) at footofeminin.fr