'Africa's Pride' - Twitter reacts as Chelsea's Mendy wins the Best Fifa Goalkeeper award
Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has become the first African to win the Best Fifa Men's Goalkeeper award.
Mendy claimed the 2021 recognition on Monday after beating Italy’s Gianluigi Donnarumma and Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer to the prize.
The 29-year-old played an instrumental role in helping Chelsea win the Uefa Champions League in his debut season with a record nine clean sheets in the process.
He is currently at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with the Teranga Lions and he has been described as a pride to the continent as he looks forward to playing his first match in Cameroon against Malawi on Tuesday.
🇸🇳 HISTORY! SENEGAL’S BRICK WALL! 🇸🇳
— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 17, 2022
Edouard Mendy is FIFA's #TheBest Men's Goalkeeper! AFRICA'S PRIDE! 🌍🏆@Fsfofficielle pic.twitter.com/N8XvXxGjqF
How Edouard Mendy moved from almost quitting football to been the best goalkeeper in the world is simply inspirational ⭐️ #NeverGiveUp #chelsea pic.twitter.com/rkI6H0L5xj
— The retweeter (@guru_kalexis) January 17, 2022
Congratulations to Edouard Mendy
— Ìféoluwa 🏆🏆💙💙💙💙 (@worthylamb1) January 17, 2022
Truly deserved pic.twitter.com/jc5nXLls3t
His name is Edouard Mendy. He is the best keeper of 2021. 💙💙💙 pic.twitter.com/OF0HaoYZCn
— Champ (@_A_Champ) January 17, 2022
First African Goal keeper to win the best FIFA goalkeeper award. EDOUARD MENDY 🇸🇳🧤
— ONLINE SURVEYOR (@Berrymacman) January 17, 2022
We are proud of you#FIFA pic.twitter.com/v3hI7ZgTvE
What a time to be a Chelsea fan...we clearing all awards
— Davich (@DavichIfechukwu) January 17, 2022
Best Men's coach Thomas Tuchel
Best Women's coach Emma Hayes
Best Men's goal keeper Edouard Mendy
Congratulations to Édouard Mendy 🥳🥳🥳
— ISSA⭐️ (@slimboy_issaa) January 17, 2022
Edouard Mendy deservedly awarded the #TheBest men’s goalkeeper of 2021 and the first African to win the award 🥇
— Abdul (@iam_bakar) January 17, 2022
€28million for him was such a bargain!
In 2004 , Edouard Mendy was unemployed, lining up at a local job center and ready to quit football.
— 🗿Broken Heart 💔 (@broken_heart490) January 17, 2022
Now ,
*won Champions League with the most clean sheets in the competition.
*won the FIFA men’s keeper award
Never. Give. Up. pic.twitter.com/HkIpU1YLFF
I'm glad Edouard Mendy got the #TheBest goalkeeper of the year award. It was very strange he didn't even get recognised for the other award.
— Deji Faremi (@deejayfaremi) January 17, 2022
Edouard Mendy, the best goalkeeper in the world. African excellence, you love to see it man 👏🏽
— Mod (@CFCMod_) January 17, 2022
The best of the best 🧤
— Chelsea FC USA (@ChelseaFCinUSA) January 17, 2022
Congrats to Edouard Mendy for being awarded #TheBest Men's Goalkeeper! pic.twitter.com/Ax5nnHzDa8