Steve Mandanda

Steve Mandanda

Mandanda playing for Marseille in 2010.
Personal information
Full name Steve Mandanda[1]
Date of birth (1985-03-28) 28 March 1985
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 30
Youth career
2001–2005 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Le Havre 67 (0)
2007–2008 → Marseille (loan) 34 (0)
2008–2016 Marseille 300 (0)
2016– Crystal Palace 9 (0)
National team‡
2003–2006 France U21 17 (0)
2008 France B 2 (0)
2008– France 24 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016

Steve Mandanda (French pronunciation: ​[stɛv mɑ̃dɑ̃nda]; born 28 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Premier League club Crystal Palace and the French national team. He has represented France at four international tournaments: three UEFA European Football Championships (2008, 2012, and 2016) and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Le Havre

Mandanda made his league début for Le Havre in August 2005, and did not concede a goal until his fourth match. He played 30 league matches in the 2005–06 season and 37 in 2006–07, with his performances attracting the attention of other clubs. Following an unsuccessful trial at Aston Villa prior to the 2007–08 season,[2] he joined Marseille in summer 2007.

Olympique de Marseille

At the start of his first season with Marseille, Mandanda was regarded as an understudy to first choice keeper Cédric Carrasso. However a knee injury ruled Carrasso out for six months, leaving the way clear for Mandanda to become a regular fixture in Ligue 1, Champions League and UEFA Cup matches. On 5 March 2008, Mandanda joined Marseille on a permanent four-year contract.

At the end of Mandanda's final season at Marseille he was named as the club's Player of the Season. It was the second time that he won the award having previously done so in the 2007-08 campaign.[3]

Crystal Palace

On 1 July 2016, Premier League club Crystal Palace announced that they had completed the signing of Mandanda on a free transfer from Marseille.[4]

International career

Mandanda has won a number of caps for the France national under-21 football team and was named in the French squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

For the first time, in 2007, he took part in the French A-squad pre-selection.[5]

He played in a friendly match with France B against Congo DR on 5 February 2008, in which he was substituted at half time, and his younger brother Parfait came on for Congo. He made his full international debut on 27 May 2008 in a 2–0 victory against Ecuador in a Euro 2008 warm-up friendly, coming on as a half-time substitute for Sébastien Frey, and was subsequently nominated as the third-choice goalkeeper in the French squad for Euro 2008.

He started the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign as France's first-choice goalkeeper, making his competitive international debut on 6 September 2008 in their opening qualifier against Austria. However, he was replaced in the summer of 2009, as Raymond Domenech chose Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Hugo Lloris over him for the international starting eleven. Mandanda was a member of France's World Cup team, but did not appear in any of its three matches in the competition. Mandanda has continued to play for France as shown in his selection in the French squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Steve Mandanda has three younger brothers, all of whom are goalkeepers: Parfait, goalkeeper of Charleroi and Congolese international; Riffi, goalkeeper of AC Ajaccio and France U-16; and Ever, goalkeeper of Lusitanos Saint-Maur.[6] He enjoys spending time with his family in the city of Marseille, where he lives. He has earned the nickname "Frenchie" amongst his relatives for having chosen to play for the French national football team rather than Congo, his country of birth.[7]

Honours

Marseille
Individual

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 November 2016[8][9]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Super Cup Champions League UEFA Cup /
Europa League		 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Havre 2005–06 3000020000000320
2006–07 3701010000000390
Total 6701030000000710
Marseille 2007–08 3402020006040480
2008–09 3802010008060550
2009–10 3602020006040500
2010–11 3800030108000500
2011–12 3802020109000520
2012–13 3803010000090510
2013–14 3801020006000470
2014–15 3800000000000380
2015–16 3606000000080500
Total 3340180130204303104410
Crystal Palace 2016–17 900010000000100
Career total 4100190170204303105220

International

As of match played 6 September 2016.[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2008 3 0
2009 2 0
2010 8 0
2011 1 0
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 2 0
2016 3 0
Total 24 0

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "France goalkeeper in Aston Villa trial". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Daurès, Camille (1 June 2016. "Mandanda, Olympian of the 2015-16 season". Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mandanda Pens Crystal Palace Deal". Crystal Palace Football Club. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "List of the pre-selected players in the french A-squad in the season 2007–2008" (in French).
  6. ↑ "Les Mandanda, une dynastie de gardiens".
  7. ↑ Benson, Rory (14 January 2016). "Aston Villa scouting report: Who is Steve Mandanda?". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Steve Mandanda". L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "S. Mandanda". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "S. Mandanda". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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