Maeline Mendy
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| Full name | Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 December 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nogent-sur-Marne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Paris FC (on loan from OL Lyonnes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | AS Val-de-Fontenay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | RC Joinville | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon B | 4 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | OL Lyonnes | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Paris FC (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U17 | 14 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | France U19 | 14 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 April 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Maeline Jacqueline Caroline Mendy (born 26 December 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris FC, on loan from OL Lyonnes.
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]
Club career
Lyon
On 7 July 2023, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had signed a professional contract with Mendy until the summer of 2026.[3] She made her professional debut on 3 March 2024, in a match against Dijon (1-3). With 7 games played, and 2 goals scored in the league, Mendy became the first Lyon player to score more than one goal before her 18th birthday.[4][5][6] On 11 January 2025, Lyon announced that they had extended their contract with Mendy until the summer of 2027.[7]
RC Strasbourg (loan)
Maeline Mendy was loaned to RC Strasbourg on 15 January 2025, on a deal that running until 30 June 2025. The aim of the loan is to give her more playing time and enable her to continue her progress at the highest level.[8] Maeline Mendy scored her first goal for RC Strasbourg on 29 March, on the 19th day of the Arkema Première Ligue in a 6-0 win over En Avant Guingamp. Mendy scored the fourth goal of the match in the 63rd minute.[9][10]
Paris FC (loan)
On 25 September 2025, Mendy extended her contract with Lyon through the summer of 2028 and was subsequently sent on a season-long loan to Paris FC.[11]
International career
In 2023, Mendy captained France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[12] 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.[13][14] 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.[15]