Hemeya Tanjy

Hemeya Tanjy
Personal information
Full name Hemeya Tanjy[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Teyarett, Mauritania[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hilal
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Tidjikja 41 (31)
2018–2023 Nouadhibou ? (111)
2023– Al-Ittihad 6 (0)
2024- Al-Hilal 10 (3)
International career‡
2016 Mauritania U20 2 (2)
2018 Mauritania U23 0 (0)
2018– Mauritania 44 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024

Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian club Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown of Nouakchott.[3] He played for local teams such as Skok Club and Zamzam club before he was discovered by the National Football Academy, where he spent a few years.[3]

Tanjy made his senior debut with topflight club Tidjikja, where he played for three years.[4] He finished as the league's leading scorer in the 2017–18 season.[5]

Tanjy signed a two-year deal with Nouadhibou in June 2018.[6] In his first year with the club, he scored the game-winning goal in the title-clinching match against ASAC Concorde.[7]

He finished as the leading scorer in the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 18 matches.[5]

In December 2022, Tanjy became the first player in league history to score 100 goals.[8]

International career

Tanjy played for the national under-20 team during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers in 2016, scoring twice in two matches.[9]

In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.[10]

He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship.[11] He made his senior international debut during the first group stage match against Morocco on 13 January, replacing Moussa Samba in the 77th minute of an eventual 4–0 defeat.[12] Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.

He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt,[13] though he did not appear in any games.[3]

On 9 October 2020, Tanjy scored his first senior international goal in a 2–1 friendly win over Sierra Leone. He scored his second international goal on 22 June 2021, netting the second goal in a 2–0 win over Yemen that qualified Mauritania to the FIFA Arab Cup.[14] In November 2021, Tanjy was named to the final squad for the FIFA Arab Cup.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 August 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Others Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tidjikja 2016-17 Super D1 21 16 - - 21 16
2017-18 20 15 - 20 15
Total 41 31 41 31
Nouadhibou 2018-19 Super D1 21 12 2 0 23 12
2019-20 8 0
2020-21 18 19 1 1 15 20
2021-22 19 10 4 5 4 3 27 18
2022-23 25 21 3 1 2 2 30 24
Total 83 62 7 6 15 4 2 2 107 74
Al-Ittihad 2023-24 Libyan Premier League 6 0 - 6 0
Al Hilal 2023-24 Libyan Premier League 10 3 - 10 3
2024-25 2 2 2 2
Total career 140 110 7 6 17 6 2 2 166 124

International

As of 10 September 2024[16]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mauritania 2018 5 0
2019 8 0
2020 2 1
2021 11 2
2022 4 1
2023 8 2
2024 6 0
Total 44 6

International goals

Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.[16]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 October 2020 Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania  Sierra Leone 2–1 2–1 Friendly
2. 6 December 2021 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar  Syria 2–1 2–1 2021 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

Nouadhibou

Individual

  • Super D1 best young player: 2016–17
  • Super D1 top scorer (Golden Boot): 2016–17, 2020–21, 2022–23

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Mauritania" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Hemeya Tanjy". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "No limits for talented Tanjy as Mauritania chase World Cup breakthrough". Confederation of African Football. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ "الطنجي.. واعد يهدد مركز بسام في منتخب موريتانيا". kooora.com (in Arabic). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "الطنجي ينال لقب هداف الدوري الموريتاني". kooora.com (in Arabic). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. ^ "نواذيبو يتعاقد مع نجوم تجكجه ويطيح بلكصر من كأس الرئيس / صور". zahraa.mr (in Arabic). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ "أف سي نواذيبو بطلاً لموريتانيا 2019". alakhbar.info (in Arabic). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ^ "الدوري: 9 جولات من دون هزيمة لنواذيبو وإنجازٌ "تاريخي" للطنجي". essahraa.net (in Arabic). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Hemeya Tanjy, l'étoile montante du football mauritanien" (in French). akhbarnouadhibou.info. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Les « Mourabitounes U-23 en stage à Tunis pour préparer les éliminatoires de la CAN 2019" (in French). saharamedias.net. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. ^ "CHAN 2018: LES 23 DE LA MAURITANIE" (in French). Africa Top Sports. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Morocco 4–0 Mauritania".
  13. ^ Ismail, Ali (22 May 2019). "Mauritania reveal squad ahead of AFCON". KingFut. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  14. ^ "منتخب المرابطين يفوز على نظيره اليمني". essaha.net (in Arabic). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  15. ^ Zikpi, Alfred (20 November 2021). "Coupe arabe de la FIFA : La liste de la Mauritanie connue". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  16. ^ a b Hemeya Tanjy at National-Football-Teams.com