Ryan Mendes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Mindelo, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kayserispor | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Batuque FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Le Havre | 84 | (19) |
2012–2017 | Lille | 54 | (7) |
2015–2016 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2017– | Kayserispor | 6 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Cape Verde U-16 | 9 | (2) |
2007 | Cape Verde U-21 | 8 | (1) |
2010– | Cape Verde | 32 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2017 |
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (born 8 January 1990 in Mindelo, São Vicente) is a Cape Verdean football winger who plays for Kayserispor.
Career
Mendes began his career with Batuque FC and in 2008 was sold to Le Havre AC,[2] with whom he played his first game in Ligue 1 on 13 May 2009 against AS Saint-Étienne.[3]
He was monitored by Leicester City scout Steve Walsh, who instead signed teammate Riyad Mahrez to the club.[4]
On 4 September 2015, he joined English side Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan.[5] On 24 September 2015 he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Huddersfield Town.[6]
International career
He is also member of the Cape Verde U-21 national team[7] and played formerly with the U-16 on an International Tournament for Under-16 years old players in Gonfreville-L'Orcher.
Career statistics
- As of 9 May 2016[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Le Havre | 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2009–10 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | ||
2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 16 | ||
2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 | ||
Total | 84 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 91 | 22 | |||
Lille | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 3 | |
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 47 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 65 | 8 | ||
Nottingham Forest (loan) | 2015–16 | Championship | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |
Career total | 163 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 188 | 32 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[8]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 October 2011 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 29 February 2012 | Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3. | 16 June 2012 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia | Madagascar | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4. | 3–0 | |||||
5. | 10 September 2014 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia | Zambia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
6. | 6 September 2015 | Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo | Libya | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References
- ↑ La fiche de Ryan Mendes Da Graca. Football – L'Equipe.fr
- ↑ Mendes, le but de sa vie
- ↑ "Ryan Mendes Da Graca" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez not target of original scouting mission says head of recruitment". Leicester Mercury. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "Nelson Oliveira and Ryan Mendes join Nottingham Forest on loan". BBC Sport. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ "Huddersfield 1–1 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ Criolosports.com: Ryan Mendes estreia-se no Le Havre
- 1 2 Profile at Footballdatabase
External links
- Ryan Mendes at Soccerway