Hemeya Tanjy

Hemeya Tanjy
Personal information
Full name	Hemeya Tanjy
Date of birth	1 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Teyarett, Mauritania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al-Hilal
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	Tidjikja
2018–2023	Nouadhibou
2023–	Al-Ittihad
2024-	Al-Hilal
International career‡
2016	Mauritania U20
2018	Mauritania U23
2018–	Mauritania
	*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
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tidjikja	2016-17	Super D1	21	16			-		-		21	16
	2017-18	Super D1	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
Al Hilal	2024-25	Libyan Premier League					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