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title: "10 things you need to know about Benjamin Mendy"
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published: "2017-07-24T14:22:04Z"
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# 10 things you need to know about Benjamin Mendy

Manchester City have completed the signing of Benjamin Mnedy after a protracted saga came to its end on Monday morning.

Moving from AS Monaco, the French full-back joins Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Douglas Luiz, Kyle Walker and Danilo as the Blues’ sixth summer signing.

Here are 10 important things you need to know about City’s new man.

### 1) Born on July 17th 1994 in Longjumeau, a suburb of Paris, the attacking left-back is 23 years old.

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### 2) In 2011 he signed his first professional contract – a three year deal with Normandy club Le Havre.

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### 3) After having impressed at ‘Le Stade Oceane’ he earned himself a move down south in 2013 and signed for Olympique de Marseille.

![Kaz Photography/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2017/07/454360152.jpg)

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### 4) He spent three seasons at ‘OM’ and racked up an impressive 101 caps scoring two goals.

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### 5) New boy Mendy comes in at a height of 185cm (6 foot).

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### 6) He has eight Champions League caps.

![Nils Petter Nilsson/Ombrello/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2017/07/694222550.jpg)

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### 7) Mendy made his full international debut against Luxembourg in March 2017 and has four appearances in all. He has represented France at u16, u17, u18, u19 and u21 level.

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### 8) He moved to his most recent club, AS Monaco, in 2016 and spent a single season in the principality, making 38 apperances for Leonardo Jardim’s team.

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![Stu Forster/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2017/07/643777262.jpg)

### 9) He made the 2016/17 Ligue 1 team of the season after having beaten PSG to the title with Les Monegasques. They also reached the Champions League semi-finals knocking out City and Borussia Dortmund along the way.

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### 10) Mendy is very active on social media and teased fans with cryptic messages prior to his arrival. He has a large twitter following (240,000 followers).