Lary Mehanna

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In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Gaby and the family name is Mehanna.
Lary Mehanna
Personal information
Full name Lary Gaby Mehanna[1]
Date of birth (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Villeparisis
Youth career
1990–1998 Cergy-Pontoise
1998–2002 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2011 Ansar
2011–2012 Tremblay
2012–2016 Ansar 60 (0)
2016– Villeparisis
International career
2006–2014 Lebanon 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lary Gaby Mehanna (Arabic: لاري غابي مهنا; born 28 October 1983) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Villeparisis.

Born in Lebanon to a Lebanese father and a French mother, Mehanna moved to France aged one. He was part of the youth team of Paris Saint-Germain, before moving back to Lebanon in 2003, playing for Ansar. After a short stint in France at Tremblay in 2011–12, Mehanna returned to Ansar, before moving to France in 2016, playing for amateur side Villeparisis.

Mehanna has played for Lebanon internationally between 2006 and 2014. He has played over 30 games, representing Lebanon at the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

Early life[edit]

Born on 28 October 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Lebanese father and a French mother, Mehanna moved aged one with his family to Dammartin-en-Goële, France, due to the ongoing Lebanese Civil War.[2] Aged six, Mehanna played as a defender for Cergy-Pontoise; he became a goalkeeper aged 12 during a youth tournament.[2] Between 1998 and 2002 Mehanna played for Paris Saint-Germain's youth setup.[2]

Club career[edit]

Mehanna joined Lebanese Premier League side Ansar on 8 July 2003.[3] He retired from football in December 2015,[2] before moving to France in January 2016,[4] joining Regional 3 side Villeparisis in the French eighth division.[2]

International career[edit]

On 16 October 2015, Mehanna announced his international retirement.[5]

Personal life[edit]

On 21 August 2016, Mehanna married Natalie Nasrallah.[6] His favourite club is French side Paris Saint-Germain.[7]

Honours[edit]

Ansar

Individual

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lary Mehanna". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Poix, Anthony (6 October 2018). "Régional 3 : de Beyrouth à Villeparisis, le long chemin du gardien libanais". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. ^ "لاري مهنا يغادر الأنصار إلى فرنسا". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Albahraintoday" لاري مهنا حارس "الأنصار" يعلن رسمياً أعتزراله دوليا [Larry Mehanna, "Al-Ansar" goalkeeper, officially announces his international retirement]. albahraintoday (in Arabic). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ لاري مهنا يدخل ألقفص الذهبي [Lary Mehanna ties the knot]. Al Jadeed. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Du PSG au club Al-Ansa, Lary Méhanna joue les prolongations à Villeparisis". France 3 Paris Ile-de-France (in French). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. ^ تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني. alqabas.com (in Arabic). 17 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ^ Al Sahili, Mohamed (4 July 2007). تقرير مفصل مع الصور الحصرية لكوورة لبنانية عن مهرجان المنار 2006–2007. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links[edit]

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