Fernando Mendes (footballer born 1966)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Manuel Antunes Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Montijo | ||
| 1980–1985 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1989 | Sporting CP | 93 | (1) |
| 1989–1991 | Benfica | 15 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Boavista | 32 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Benfica | 13 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Estrela Amadora | 18 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Boavista | 13 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Belenenses | 31 | (3) |
| 1996–1999 | Porto | 61 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Belenenses | 22 | (2) |
| 2000–2002 | Vitória Setúbal | 51 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Montijo | ||
| 2005–2008 | São Marcos | ||
| 2008–2009 | Olímpico Montijo | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1986–1996 | Portugal | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Fernando Manuel Antunes Mendes (born 5 November 1966 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back.
Football career
Having brought up at Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the same time as Paulo Futre, Mendes made his first-team debuts in 1984–85, aged 18, and reached the Portuguese national team shortly after. In the following seasons he started regularly for the Lions, but the Lisbon club only won one trophy.
In 1989 Mended joined Sporting's rivals S.L. Benfica, being sparingly used in three years – in between, he played one season at Boavista F.C. – winning the domestic cup in his last one, where he teamed up with Futre. Released by the Reds, he played for three clubs in as many years, before joining the last of the Big Three, F.C. Porto, thus playing for all the major clubs in his country as Futre.
With the northern side Mendes won his second league championship (the first as an important first-team member), to which he contributed with 22 matches and three goals. In the following two campaigns, which ended in the same fashion, he also appeared regularly.
Aged nearly 33, Mendes left for another spell at Belenenses, then joined hometown side Vitória de Setúbal, for his first season in the second division, which ended in promotion. After helping the Sadinos retain their division status, he retired from professional football, with top division totals of 320 games and 12 goals; he also received 11 full caps in one decade, but did not attend any major international tournament.
Honours
- Portuguese League: 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
- Portuguese Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98
- Portuguese Supercup: 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998; Runner-up 1997
External links
- Profile at Zerozero
- Fernando Mendes profile at ForaDeJogo
- Fernando Mendes at National-Football-Teams.com