Fernando Mendes (footballer born 1937)

Fernando Mendes
Personal information
Full nameFernando Mamede Mendes
Date of birth15 June 1937
Place of birthSeia, Portugal
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1953–1956Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1956–1968Sporting CP166(1)
1968–1969Atlético12(1)
Total178(2)
National team
1959–1965Portugal21(0)
Teams managed
1974–1975Lusitânia
1975–1976Atlético
1976–1977Vianense
1977–1979Sporting CP (youth)
1980Sporting CP
1981Marítimo
1982–1984Belenenses
1984–1985Farense
1985–1986Trofense
1986–1988Sporting CP (assistant)
1988–1996Sporting CP (youth)
1996Sporting CP
2000Lourinhanense
2000–2001Sporting CP
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Fernando Mamede Mendes (born 15 June 1937) is a Portuguese retired football midfielder and manager.

Football career

Mendes was born in Seia, Guarda District. During his professional career, which lasted 13 seasons, he played almost exclusively for Sporting Clube de Portugal, also starting and finishing his football formation at the Lisbon club. He appeared in 233 games during his spell, including friendlies.[1]

Mendes represented the Portuguese national team during six years, but did not attend any major international tournament: on 25 April 1965 he broke his leg in the early minutes of the away fixture against Czechoslovakia for the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification, as the national team eventually won it 1–0 thanks to Eusébio, with ten players (no substitutions were allowed then).

Mendes never fully recovered from that situation, and retired four years later at only 31. In 24 league matches over the course of three separate seasons, he served as interim coach at his only club (the last in late 2000-early 2001), winning nine games, drawing nine and losing six; with the Lions, he also worked as an assistant coach and extensively with the youth teams.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Fernando Mendes" (in Portuguese). Wiki Sporting. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados" [Coaches in football and titles won] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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