{{short description|Gambian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matt Mendy | image = Matthew Mendy (1. FC Vöcklabruck).jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Mendy in 2008 | fullname = Matthew Mendy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1983|06|13}} | birth_place = Serekunda, The Gambia | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = FC Jazz | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1997–1999 | youthclubs1 = Mass Sosseh FC | collegeyears1 = 2001–2002 | college1= Alabama A&M Bulldogs | caps2 = – | goals2 = – | collegeyears2 = 2003–2007 | college2= George Mason Patriots | caps3 = 47 | goals3 = 3 | years1 = 2000 | clubs1 = Gamtel FC | caps1 = – | goals1 = – | years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = KFC Uerdingen 05 | caps4 = 39 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = 1. FC Kleve | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = 1. FC Vöcklabruck | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Anhui Jiufang | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 2011 | clubs8 =Tianjin Runyulong | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2012 | clubs9 =Trönö IK | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2012–2013 | clubs10 = Balzan F.C. | caps10 = 27 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2013–2014 | clubs11 = Feni SC | caps11 = – | goals11 = 4 | years12 = 2014– | clubs12 = FC Jazz | caps12 = – | goals12 = | nationalyears1 = 2002–2004 | nationalteam1 = Gamba U-20 | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2006–2008 | nationalteam2 = Gambia<ref name=nat/> | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 1 }} '''Matthew Mendy''' (born 13 June 1983 in Serekunda) is a football defender from Gambia, he currently plays for FC Jazz in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen. Mendy was signed by Jazz in August 2014.<ref>[http://www.fcjazz.com/edustusjoukkue/uutiset/matthew-mendy-loppukaudeksi-poriin "Matthew Mendy loppukaudeksi Poriin"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140830002911/http://www.fcjazz.com/edustusjoukkue/uutiset/matthew-mendy-loppukaudeksi-poriin |date=2014-08-30 }} FC Jazz Official Homepage (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 August 2014.</ref>
==Career== From 2001 to 2007 Mendy was studying in the United States and played for Alabama A&M Bulldogs and George Mason Patriots.<ref>[http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/mendy_matt00.html 11 Matt Mendy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102011/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/mendy_matt00.html |date=2014-09-03 }} George Mason Official Athletic Site – Men's Soccer. Retrieved 30 August 2014.</ref> In April 2007 he was transferred to German team KFC Uerdingen 05<ref>[http://observer.gm/africa/article/2008/6/6/star-profile-matthew-mendy-kfc-uerdingen-germany Star Profile: Matthew Mendy KFC Uerdingen (Germany)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170352/http://observer.gm/africa/article/2008/6/6/star-profile-matthew-mendy-kfc-uerdingen-germany |date=2011-07-27 }}</ref> and later to 1. FC Kleve.<ref>[https://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/sport/lokalsport/kleve/2008/7/2/news-59841030/detail.html Jugend forscht]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> After only one month with Kleve he was signed by Erste Liga club 1. FC Vöcklabruck.<ref>[http://www.fc-voecklabruck.at/nc/weblog_1_fc_rfe/weblog_des_ersten_rfe_voecklabruck/blogartikel_einzelansicht/archive/2008/july/article/mendy_auf_dem_weg_zur_startformation.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=139&cHash=466c3f03ec Mendy auf dem Weg zur Startformation...]</ref> Mendy has also played in China, Sweden, Malta and in 2013–2014 for Feni Soccer Club in Bangladesh Premier League.<ref>[http://southasiafootball.com/soccer-club-feni-has-signed-gambian-international-matthew-mendy/ Soccer club Feni Has Signed Gambian International Matthew Mendy] Southasia Football.</ref>
==International== Mendy has capped nine times for the Gambia national football team<ref name=nat>[http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21428/Matthew_Mendy.html Matthew Mendy] National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2014.</ref>
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