Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 1978)

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Nuno Mendes
Personal information
Full name Nuno Alexandre Pereira Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1978-04-07) 7 April 1978 (age 46)[2]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Vitória Guimarães 6 (0)
1997–1998 → Aves (loan) 27 (4)
1998–1999 → Felgueiras (loan) 28 (2)
1999–2000 Chaves 27 (2)
2000–2002
Strasbourg
 7 (0)
2001–2002 → União Leiria (loan) 16 (0)
2002–2003 Braga 2 (0)
2003–2004 Moreirense 7 (0)
2004–2005 Santa Clara 17 (1)
2005–2006 Plymouth Argyle 2 (0)
2006 Créteil 7 (0)
2007 Penafiel 6 (0)
2007–2009 Aves 27 (2)
2009 Moreirense 12 (4)
2009–2010 Trofense 9 (0)
2010–2011 Gondomar 13 (2)
Total 213 (17)
International career
2000 Portugal U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nuno Alexandre Pereira Mendes[a] (born 7 April 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who could play in defence and midfield.

He began his career with

Strasbourg in 2000. He returned to Portugal a year later to play for União Leiria, managed by José Mourinho, before spending a brief period with Braga in 2002. Mendes spent 18 months with Moreirense and then dropped down a division to play for Santa Clara
in 2004.

A year later, Mendes played in England for

third division in 2009 to play for Moreirense before spending a season with Trofense. Mendes retired in 2011 after a year with third division side Gondomar. He represented Portugal at under-21 level
.

Club career

Mendes was born in

loan for the 1997–98 season.[8] He scored four goals in 27 league appearances for the club as they finished 15th in the table.[9] The following season, he joined Felgueiras on loan.[8] They finished 5th in Liga de Honra and Mendes was a first team regular.[10] He made 28 league appearances and scored two goals.[A] Mendes had his contract with Vitória Guimarães terminated in June 1999, allowing him to sign a two-year deal with Chaves.[11]

He made 27 league appearances in his only season with the club, scoring twice,

penalties.[19][20]

Mendes returned to Portugal ahead of the

Porto,[24] but fell out of favour under his replacement, Vítor Pontes. He made 16 league appearances for Leiria, helping the club finish 7th in the Primeira Liga,[2][25] before returning to Strasbourg.[24] Upon his departure, Mendes was critical of the club's president João Bartolomeu, who he believed created instability at the club. "The Union of Leiria is a complicated club at senior management level, especially the president, who sees things where they do not exist and it creates instability in the squad," said Mendes who "leaves great friends in Leiria".[26]

In May 2002, he signed a two-year contract with Braga.[27][28] He made his debut in a 3–2 defeat at Belenenses on 5 October 2002.[29] In a season disrupted by injuries,[30] Mendes only played in one more match for Braga, against his old club Vitória Guimarães.[4][C] He had his contract cancelled in January 2003,[31] which allowed him to join Moreirense.[8] He made his debut on 3 February 2003 in a 1–1 draw at Benfica.[32] He made two more appearances that season as the club finished 12th in the table. Having fractured his foot in July 2003,[33] he was used sparingly during the 2003–04 season by manager Manuel Machado. He made four league appearances in an injury-plagued season,[2][34] as the club finished 9th in the Primeira Liga. Mendes dropped down a division in June 2004 after signing a one-year contract with Santa Clara.[35] "This project is attractive," he said. "The coach, Jose Morais, spoke to me and showed willingness in me to go to the Azores and that's important. I know that Santa Clara is going through some difficulties, but the Department intends to make a financial recovery in time and maybe next season bet on rising."[35]

He made his debut on 29 August 2004 in a 3–1 defeat against

Championship club Plymouth Argyle on their pre-season tour of Sweden in July 2005.[39] Having appeared in friendlies against Betsele and Umeå, he signed a permanent contract with the club.[40][41] "I am delighted to have got him," said manager Bobby Williamson of his new signing. "It's a great opportunity that I could not miss," Mendes said in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Record. "It is valid for two seasons, with a few perks that are unheard of in Portugal. Essentially, the level of premiums for targets, as is normal in English football."[42]

Mendes made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at

Guingamp.[49] Mendes made six more appearances for the club,[50] before being released from his contract in December 2006.[51] A month later, he returned to Portugal where he signed a short-term contract with Liga de Honra club Penafiel.[52] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at Rio Ave on 4 February 2007,[53] and made 5 more appearances during the 2006–07 season as Penafiel finished 8th in the table. Having reached the end of his contract with the club, Mendes returned to Aves ahead of the new season.[12]

He made his league debut on 18 August 2007 in a 2–1 defeat at home to

third division of Portuguese football later that month, for the first time in his career, to return to Moreirense.[58] He made his debut on 25 January 2009 in a 1–0 win at Chaves,[59] and scored his first goal a week later in a 2–2 draw with Tirsense.[60] Mendes scored two goals in a 3–0 win against Ribeirão on 8 February 2009 and was sent off later in the game.[61] He scored four goals in 12 appearances for the club, but Moreirense were unable to gain promotion back to Liga de Honra, finishing 2nd, three points behind Chaves.[62]

In August 2009, Mendes joined Liga de Honra club Trofense on a one-year contract.[63][64] He made his league debut on 19 September 2009 in a 3–0 defeat at Feirense.[65] He made eight more league appearances,[12] before being released from his contract in January 2010. He then returned to the Segunda Divisão with Gondomar and he made his debut on 31 January 2010 in a 2–0 win against Vieira.[66] His first goal for the club came one week later in a 4–4 draw with Espinho.[67] Mendes scored his second goal in a 2–1 win against Padroense.[68] He made 12 league appearances in the 2009–10 season, scoring twice, as they finished 4th in the table.[69] Having lost his place in the team during the 2010–11 season – making one league appearance – Mendes left Gondomar at the end of the campaign and subsequently retired from playing.[4]

International career

Mendes represented the Portugal national team at every youth level: under-16 to under-21.[70] He earned four caps at under-21 level.[71]

Career statistics

Sources:[1][2][3][4][71][72]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Guimarães
1996–97
 Primeira Divisão 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
1997–98
 Primeira Divisão 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1998–99
 Primeira Divisão 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Aves (loan) 1997–98
Segunda Divisão de Honra
 27 4 0 0 — — 27 4
Felgueiras (loan) 1998–99 Segunda Divisão de Honra 28 2 0 0 — — 28 2
Chaves
1999–2000
Segunda Liga
 27 2 1 0 — — 28 2
Strasbourg
 2000–01 Division 1 7 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
2001–02 Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 7 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
União Leiria (loan) 2001–02 Primeira Liga 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
Braga 2002–03 Primeira Liga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Moreirense 2002–03 Primeira Liga 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2003–04 Primeira Liga 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Total 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Santa Clara
2004–05
Liga de Honra
 17 1 0 0 — — 17 1
Plymouth Argyle 2005–06
Championship
 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Créteil 2006–07 Ligue 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Penafiel 2006–07 Liga de Honra 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Aves 2007–08 Liga de Honra 23 2 2 0 1 0 26 2
2008–09 Liga de Honra 4 0 2 1 2 0 8 1
Total 27 2 4 1 3 0 34 3
Moreirense 2008–09 Segunda Divisão 12 4 0 0 — — 12 4
Trofense 2009–10 Liga de Honra 9 0 1 0 4 0 14 0
Gondomar 2009–10 Segunda Divisão 12 2 0 0 — — 12 2
2010–11 Segunda Divisão 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 13 2 1 0 0 0 14 2
Career total 213 17 11 1 11 0 235 18

Honours

  • 2000–01

Footnotes

A. ^ : According to L'Équipe, he scored two goals for Felgueiras in the 1998–99 season.[2] Futebol365 give him one.[12]
B. ^ : Mendes has two profiles on the Ligue de Football Professionnel website, one for his Strasbourg career in Division 1,[73] and one for his career with Créteil in Ligue 2.[50] The former says six appearances instead of seven because his latter profile was used in the match with SC Bastia.[74]
C. ^ : His profile on ForaDeJogo says he scored three goals in three appearances for Braga, but only list two matches in detail, against Belenenses and Vitória Guimarães.[71] Two matches is consistent with L'Équipe,[2] and ZeroZeroFootball,[4] who both state that Mendes appeared in matches against those two clubs without scoring.
D.
starting line-up for the game against Leixões, leaving them with ten players in the team instead of eleven.[75]
E. ^ : ForaDeJogo and the Portuguese League for Professional Football disagree on who came on as a substitute in the match against Sporting Covilhã. ForaDeJogo says that Mendes played in the match, meaning he played in 5 league matches for Aves in the 2008–09 season.[76] However, the Portuguese League for Professional Football does not.[77]

Notes

  1. ^
    In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.

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