Jean-Philippe Mendy (born 4 March 1987) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who initially plays as a midfielder, and he was later in his career moved forward.
[1] In the summer of 2006, he played a single friendly match for the Swiss third-tier side CS Chênois, a 5–0 loss against the Romanian team Dinamo București.
[2] He made his debut for the Bucharest club on 11 November 2006, coming in the 83rd minute for Claudiu Niculescu, in a 3–0 home win against FC Oțelul Galați.
However, his convalescence was not yet over, leaving him unable to sprint properly, so he required another operation, losing another year of football.
[8] Mendy, a child of Senegalese parents born in France, is multilingual, speaking five languages: English, Italian, Romanian, French, and Wolof.