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Business Daily: Business Daily meets: Edouard Mendy

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Business Daily meets: Edouard Mendy

21/06/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Business Daily meets: Edouard Mendy

We speak to the goalkeeper-turned-tech investor

We speak to the goalkeeper-turned-tech investor.

Senegalese international and former Chelsea goalkeeper Édouard Mendy is considered a legend of football. 

Becoming the first African to be awarded both the UEFA and FIFA goalkeeper of the year in 2021, followed by a big money transfer deal to Saudi Arabia, Mendy has reached the very heights of the game. 

But football careers don't last forever, so he is diversifying, and can now add a new line on his CV - as an investor in Francophone Africa. 

We hear about his work on the pitch to date, what’s motivated a move into fintech, and why he thinks footballers need to plan for their future after they give up the professional game.

(Image: Edouard Mendy looks on in the paddock during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia, 2024. Credit: Getty Images)

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