Gaston Xavier Mendy (born 22 November 1985) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Mendy was born on 22 November 1985 in Dakar, Senegal and began playing junior-level football at Jeanne d'Arc. In 2004 he started to play senior-level football at Jeanne d'Arc. One year later he moved to Portuguese fourth league club, Monção. Another year later he joined second league side, Estoril.
In 2007, Mendy switched countries again, going to Romania at Farul ConstanÃÂa, after being noticed by the club's technical director Marin Ion. He made his Liga I debut on 28 July, as coach Constantin Gache used him as a starter in a 4âÂÂ0 away loss to FC Universitatea Craiova. After two seasons, the club was relegated to the second league, but Mendy stayed with them for one more season, before signing with Universitatea Cluj. In his first season spent with The Red Caps, he scored a goal in a 2âÂÂ1 win over OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi, but also received three red cards. In the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul PloieÃÂti, along with 11 other players from "U" Cluj, a move that occurred when the owner of the Cluj team left the club to take control of Petrolul. After playing only one league game for The Yellow Wolves, Mendy left the team, returning to "U" Cluj. In September 2014 he was brought to Rapid BucureÃÂti by one of his former coaches from Universitatea, Ionel Ganea.
In 2015, Mendy joined Mladá Boleslav, playing only one game in the Czech First League on 30 May when coach Karel JarolÃÂm used him as a starter in a 3âÂÂ0 home win over VysoÃÂina Jihlava. With them he also made his only appearance in European competitions, playing the entire match in a 2âÂÂ1 home loss to Strømsgodset in the second round of the 2015âÂÂ16 Europa League qualifying phase. In 2016 he returned to Romania at ASA Târgu Mureàwith whom he was relegated at the end of the season. Mendy started the 2017âÂÂ18 Liga II season at ASA, but in the middle of it he joined DunÃÂrea CÃÂlÃÂraÃÂi in the same league where he was wanted by coach Dan Alexa, and they achieved promotion to the first league at season's end. In the following season, Mendy made his last Liga I appearances, having a total of 165 matches with one goal scored in the competition, and DunÃÂrea was relegated back to the second league. He stayed one more season with DunÃÂrea, then retired in 2020.
Mladá Boleslav
DunÃÂrea CÃÂlÃÂraÃÂi