Some commentators may have backed Reims for a quick return to the second tier, but the 1956 and '59 European Cup runners-up had other ideas, and Mendy was quickly turning heads in the top flight too. Reims only conceded a league-best 24 goals with Mendy boasting 18 shut-outs from his 34 games. Jordan Siebatcheu and Pablo Chavarria may have combined for 31 goals, but at the other end Mendy was utterly miserly to opposition attackers. It was one of a number of shrewd decisions by Reims coach David Guion, and the following season the club romped to the Ligue 2 title. By now an imposing 6'6"-tall shot-stopper, Mendy kept three clean sheets in his subsequent seven games, and by the start of 2017-18 season he was made first choice on a full-time basis. Mendy made his Ligue 2 BKT debut that August, replacing Johann Carrasso after the incumbent No.1 had been sent off five minutes into the opening day 1-1 draw at Amiens SC.
#EDOUARD MENDY PROFESSIONAL#
He may have been three months past his 24th birthday when he signed his first professional contract, but Mendy was soon making up for lost time… After spending the 2015-16 campaign stuck behind Florian Escales in Marseille's reserves, Mendy's career only really turned the corner when he joined Stade de Reims in the summer of 2016. Mendy may now be the toast of French football having helped Rennes qualify for a first-ever UEFA Champions League campaign, but it wasn't always so straightforward for the now 28-year-old.īorn in the Norman town of Montivilliers in the far north of France to a Senegalese mother and Bissau-Guinean father in March 1992, Mendy joined the fabled Le Havre AC youth academy at the age of 13, but after a season of playing second fiddle to former France youth international Zacharie Boucher he dropped down the levels to gain playing time with CS Municipaux Le Havre.ĪS Cherbourg took a gamble on Mendy's talent when he was 19, and three seasons later, after some impressive performances in the Championnat National, Olympique de Marseille acquired him to be their third-choice goalkeeper behind Steve Mandanda and Yohann Pelé - or so he thought.
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