Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Libyan Premier League club Olympic Zawia and the Mauritania national team.
Club career Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown of Nouakchott. 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.
Tanjy made his senior debut with topflight club Tidjikja, where he played for three years. He finished as the league's leading scorer in the 2017–18 season.
Tanjy signed a two-year deal with Nouadhibou in June 2018. In his first year with the club, he scored the game-winning goal in the title-clinching match against ASAC Concorde.
He finished as the leading scorer in the 2020–21 season, scoring 19 goals in 18 matches.
In December 2022, Tanjy became the first player in league history to score 100 goals.
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.
In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.
He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship. 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. Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.
He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, though he did not appear in any games.
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. In November 2021, Tanjy was named to the final squad for the FIFA Arab Cup.
Career statistics Club
Club Season LeagueCupContinental Others TotalDivision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Tidjikja2016-17Super D12116 --21162017-182015 - 2015Total 4131 4131Nouadhibou2018-19Super D12112 20 23122019-20 80 802020-212024 11 21252021-2219104543 27182022-23252131 223024Total8567761542210979Al-Ittihad2023-24Libyan Premier League60 - 60 Al Hilal2023-24Libyan Premier League103 - 1032024-2510222124Olympic Azzaaweya2025-26 Libyan Premier League 7171Total career 1591137617622185127
International
National teamYearAppsGoalsMauritania20185020198020202120211122022412023103202480202541Total528
International goals Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 9 October 2020 Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania 2–1 2–1 Friendly 2. 6 December 2021 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar 2–1 2–1 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
Honours
Nouadhibou Super D1: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Individual Super D1 best young player: 2016–17 Super D1 top scorer (Golden Boot): 2016–17, 2020–21, 2022–23
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