Edouard Mendy

Edouard Osoque Mendy (born 1 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea. Born and raised in France, he represents Senegal at international level.

Starting his career in his native France, Mendy played in the Le Havre academy before signing professional terms with third division Cherbourg in 2011. Mendy was released in 2014, after which he almost quit the game before getting an opportunity with Marseille's reserves. He established himself over the next few seasons at Reims and Rennes before signing with Premier League side Chelsea in 2020, where he immediately established himself as the club's new first choice goalkeeper and kept 16 clean sheets in his first Premier League season. In the same campaign, Mendy equalled the record held by Santiago Canizares and Keylor Navas for most clean sheets in a Champions League season with 9, and played an integral part in the road to the final which saw Chelsea beat Manchester City 1–0.

Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers across Europe, Mendy has won the UEFA Goalkeeper of the Season in 2021.

Eligible to play for Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and France, Mendy initially joined up with Guinea-Bissau in honour of his father, but subsequently switched allegiance to Senegal, where he became the first choice keeper for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Эдуар Менди (russian)