Milton Mendes

Milton Mendes
Personal information
Full nameMilton Mendes
Date of birth25 April 1965
Place of birthIçara, Brazil[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionRight back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Atlético Paranaense (manager)
Youth career
Santa Catarina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984–1987Vasco6(1)
1986→ Criciúma (loan)10(0)
1987–1991Louletano76(9)
1991–1992Beira-Mar24(0)
1992–1993Belenenses8(0)
1993–1996União Madeira69(5)
1996–1997Espinho12(2)
1997–1998Camacha
1998–1999São Vicente
1999–2001Câmara de Lobos46(3)
2001–2002Machico33(1)
Total284(21)
Teams managed
2002–2004Machico
2006Bonsucesso
2013Al-Shahaniya
2014Paraná
2014-2015Ferroviária
2015–Atlético Paranaense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Milton Mendes (born 25 April 1965) is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Atlético Paranaense.

Playing career

Born in Içara, Santa Catarina, Mendes joined CR Vasco da Gama in 1984, after starting his career with Santa Catarina Clube. After a loan at Criciúma EC in 1986, he moved abroad for the first time in his career in the 1987 summer, joining Louletano D.C..[2]

After featuring regularly for Louletano, Mendes signed for Primeira Liga side S.C. Beira-Mar in June 1991. He made his debut for the club on 24 August, starting in a 2–3 away loss against Boavista.

Mendes moved to C.F. Os Belenenses in 1992, also in the main division. After featuring rarely he joined fellow league team União da Madeira, also suffering relegation in 1995.

In 1996 Mendes signed for first level's S.C. Espinho, and contributed with 12 appearances and two goals in his first and only season. He subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing A.D. Camacha, A.C.D. São Vicente, C.S.D. Câmara de Lobos and A.D. Machico, retiring with the latter in 2002.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Mendes started working as manager, with his last club Machico. In 2006 he was named Bonsucesso FC manager, but returned to Portugal in the following year, being named Sebastião Lazaroni's assistant at C.S. Marítimo.

Mendes also followed Lazaroni to Qatar, being his assistant at Qatar SC.[3] He left the club in 2012, and was named at the helm of Al-Shahaniya SC in the following year.[4]

On 13 December 2013 Mendes was appointed Paraná Clube manager.[5] He was sacked on 24 March 2014,[6] and joined Associação Ferroviária de Esportes on 4 October.[7]

On 20 April 2015, after being crowned champion of Campeonato Paulista Série A2, Mendes was appointed manager of Clube Atlético Paranaense, replacing fired Enderson Moreira.[8]

Honours

Ferroviária

References

  1. ↑ "Milton Mendes – Técnico" [Milton Mendes – Manager] (in Portuguese). Ferroviária's official website. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ ""Lembra dele no Vasco?" – Milton Mendes" ["Remember him at Vasco?" – Milton Mendes] (in Portuguese). Blog do Garone. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "O susto de Milton Mendes no Qatar" [The scare of Milton Mendes in Qatar] (in Portuguese). Conexão Gontijo. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Milton Mendes, treinador de futebol" [Milton Mendes, football manager] (in Portuguese). Universidade do Futebol. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "“Desconhecido”, Milton Mendes é novo técnico do Paraná" ["Unknown", Milton Mendes is the new manager of Paraná] (in Portuguese). Terra. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Milton Mendes não é mais o treinador do Paraná" [Milton Mendes is not Paraná's manager anymore] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ferroviária anuncia Milton Mendes como novo técnico para Copinha" [Ferroviária announces Milton Mendes as manager for the Copinha] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Milton Mendes é o novo técnico do Atlético-PR para a sequência de 2015" [Milton Mendes is the new manager of Atlético-PR for 2015's sequence] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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