Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nuno Alexandre Pereira Mendes[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 7 April 1978||
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 Vitória Guimarães and made his first team debut during the 1996–97 Primeira Liga season. Mendes spent three seasons in Liga de Honra, playing for Aves, Felgueiras and Chaves respectively before moving to France to join Division 1 club 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 Championship club Plymouth Argyle before returning to France with Créteil of Ligue 2. Having spent a brief spell with Penafiel in 2007, he returned to Aves, where he played for two seasons in Liga de Honra. He dropped down to the Portuguese 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.
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