Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 2002)

Nuno Mendes

Mendes with Portugal in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes[1]
Date of birth	(2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	25
Youth career
2011–2012	Despertar
2012–2020	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Sporting CP	40	(1)
2021–2022	→ Paris Saint-Germain (loan)	27	(0)
2022–	Paris Saint-Germain	29	(2)
International career‡
2018	Portugal U16	3	(0)
2018	Portugal U17	3	(0)
2019	Portugal U18	3	(0)
2019	Portugal U19	5	(0)
2020	Portugal U21	4	(0)
2021–	Portugal	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:31, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈmẽdɨʃ]; born 19 June 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portugal national team.

Coming through Sporting CP's youth academy, he made his first-team debut in 2020 and, the following season, won a double of Primeira Liga and Taça da Liga while being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year. In August 2021, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain on loan, joining the club permanently for €38 million in June 2022.

Mendes is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various levels. He made his full debut in 2021, and was chosen in the squads for the 2022 World Cup and two European Championships.