Fernando Mendes (footballer, born 1966)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Antunes and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.
Fernando Mendes
Personal information
Full name Fernando Manuel Antunes Mendes
Date of birth (1966-11-05) 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 94 (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
Total 350 (22)
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 they 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 Eagles, he played for three clubs in as many years, before joining the last of the Big Three, FC Porto, thus playing for all the major clubs in his country as Futre.

With the northern side Mendes won his second Primeira Liga championship (the first as an important 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 321 games and 12 goals; he also received 11 full caps in one decade, but did not attend any major international tournament.

Honours

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