Business Daily meets: Edouard Mendy
Business Daily
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4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
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)
Presented and produced by Peter Macjob
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Business Daily. |
| 0:03.4 | That is sensational from Eduard Mendi. |
| 0:07.4 | We meet the man with arguably the safest hands in football. |
| 0:15.3 | Senegalese international and former Chelsea goalkeeper, Edward Mendi, |
| 0:19.7 | would now manse the goalpost for Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahali |
| 0:22.7 | following a $17 million transfer deal. |
| 0:25.9 | But why is one of football's best goalkeepers |
| 0:28.1 | investing his money in fintech startups? |
| 0:31.0 | For me, I think I really know the value of money |
| 0:34.6 | because I know what it is to have money |
| 0:37.1 | and to not have money. |
| 0:39.0 | The football career is very short. |
| 0:42.0 | And Ming's had a go and Mendi saved it. |
| 0:44.1 | What about the follow-up? |
| 0:45.0 | He saved that as well. |
| 0:46.8 | He invested his image in the business because I think that's even more precious than money. |
| 0:51.9 | You know, trust. |
| 0:52.8 | If you go to Senegal, there are two football stars, |
| 0:55.7 | Sajumane and Edward Mendi. |
| 0:57.5 | We hear all about his journey, right from the very beginning, |
| 1:00.8 | here on business being. |
| 1:02.2 | A great way and only a good save from Edouard Mendi. |
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