Maeline Mendy
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006
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 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– France U17 14 (10)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  France
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Winner2023 Estonia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2023

Maeline Mendy (born 26 December 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national under-17 team.

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]

International career

In 2023, Mendy captained France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

Honours

France

Individual

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. ↑ "Maeline Mendy : " Emmener l'équipe le plus haut possible "". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "L'équipe de France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". L'Équipière (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "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.
  7. ↑ "2023 Women's Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 30 May 2023.
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