Édouard Mendy
Awards & Honours
15
Awards Won
5
Honours
3
Rankings
2
Covers
4
Records
Mendy's achievements are historic for an African goalkeeper. He is the first to win the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year, and The Best FIFA Goalkeeper. His nine clean sheets in one Champions League campaign remain a record. He also led Senegal to their first AFCON title in 2021, earning Best Goalkeeper honors. His journey from working as a security guard to lifting the Champions League trophy is one of football's most inspiring stories.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
National Order of the Lion
Senegal's highest honour, awarded for winning the Africa Cup of Nations.
First African goalkeeper to win UEFA Champions League
Mendy was the first African goalkeeper to win the competition.
First African to win UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year
First African to receive the award.
First African to win The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
First African to win the award.
Most clean sheets in a single UEFA Champions League campaign
Record of 9 clean sheets in 2020–21.
Rankings & Lists
Best Goalkeeper in the World
IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Year
CAF Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament
Magazine Covers
FourFourTwo
September 2021
Edouard Mendy: The making of Chelsea's Champions League hero
France Football
November 2021
Mendy, le gardien qui a conquis l'Europe
Records & Feats
Most clean sheets in a single UEFA Champions League campaign
9 clean sheets in 2020–21, a competition record.
First African goalkeeper to win the UEFA Champions League
Mendy was the first African goalkeeper to win the competition.
First African to win UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year
First African to receive the award.
First African to win The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
First African to win the award.