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'''David Nedjate Mehmet''' (2 December 1960 – April 2024) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]]. Mehmet was born in [[Camberwell]] on 2 December 1960.<ref name="triggs">{{cite book |first=Roger|last= Triggs |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=218}}</ref> A [[midfielder]], his clubs included [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]],<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/millwall/millwall.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Millwall]</ref> [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]],<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/charlton/charlton.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Charlton]</ref> and [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]], where he made over 130 [[Football League]] appearances.<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/gillingham/gillingham.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Gillingham]</ref> He went on to play for a large number of [[Non-league football|non-league]] clubs and was still playing in the [[Kent County League]] at the age of 40.<ref name="triggs" /> In 2008, he was appointed manager of [[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic]].<ref>[http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=5456&iid=102&sud=268 Mehmet's Survival Goal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020545/http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=5456&iid=102&sud=268 |date=17 July 2011 }} ''[[The Non-League Paper]]''</ref> Mehmet died in April 2024, at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/tributes-paid-to-former-gillingham-player-mehmet-304743/|title=Former Gillingham and Millwall midfielder Dave Mehmet has died at the age of 63|work=Kent Online|publisher=[[KM Group]]|first=Luke|last=Cawdell|date=9 April 2024|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref>
'''David Nedjate Mehmet''' (2 December 1960 – 9 April 2024)<ref>[https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/122462 David 'Mem' Mehmet]</ref> was an English professional [[association football|footballer]]. Mehmet was born in [[Camberwell]] on 2 December 1960.<ref name="triggs">{{cite book |first=Roger|last= Triggs |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=218}}</ref> A [[midfielder]], his clubs included [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]],<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/millwall/millwall.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Millwall]</ref> [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]],<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/charlton/charlton.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Charlton]</ref> and [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]], where he made over 130 [[Football League]] appearances.<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/gillingham/gillingham.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Gillingham]</ref> He went on to play for a large number of [[Non-league football|non-league]] clubs and was still playing in the [[Kent County League]] at the age of 40.<ref name="triggs" /> In 2008, he was appointed manager of [[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic]].<ref>[http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=5456&iid=102&sud=268 Mehmet's Survival Goal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020545/http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=5456&iid=102&sud=268 |date=17 July 2011 }} ''[[The Non-League Paper]]''</ref> Mehmet died in April 2024, at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/tributes-paid-to-former-gillingham-player-mehmet-304743/|title=Former Gillingham and Millwall midfielder Dave Mehmet has died at the age of 63|work=Kent Online|publisher=[[KM Group]]|first=Luke|last=Cawdell|date=9 April 2024|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref>


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==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 31 July 2024

Dave Mehmet
Personal information
Full name David Nedjate Mehmet
Date of birth (1960-12-02)2 December 1960
Place of birth Camberwell, England
Date of death 9 April 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 63)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1977 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Millwall 114 (5)
1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 (3)
1982–1983 Charlton Athletic 29 (2)
1983–1986 Gillingham 132 (39)
1986–1988 Millwall 19 (1)
1988–1989 Fisher Athletic
1989 Maidstone United
1989 Alma Swanley
1989 Barnet
1989 Enfield
1989–1991 Fisher Athletic
1991 Alma Swanley
1991–1993 Erith & Belvedere
1993–1995 Fisher Athletic
1995–1996 Erith & Belvedere
1996 Bromley
1996 Erith & Belvedere
1996–1999 Greenwich Borough
Stansfeld O&BC
Managerial career
Fisher Athletic
1993 Croydon
Beckenham Town
2008–09 Fisher Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Nedjate Mehmet (2 December 1960 – 9 April 2024)[2] was an English professional footballer. Mehmet was born in Camberwell on 2 December 1960.[3] A midfielder, his clubs included Millwall,[4] Charlton Athletic,[5] and Gillingham, where he made over 130 Football League appearances.[6] He went on to play for a large number of non-league clubs and was still playing in the Kent County League at the age of 40.[3] In 2008, he was appointed manager of Fisher Athletic.[7] Mehmet died in April 2024, at the age of 63.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ David 'Mem' Mehmet
  3. ^ a b Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 218. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Millwall
  5. ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Charlton
  6. ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database - Gillingham
  7. ^ Mehmet's Survival Goal Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Non-League Paper
  8. ^ Cawdell, Luke (9 April 2024). "Former Gillingham and Millwall midfielder Dave Mehmet has died at the age of 63". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 9 April 2024.