Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1999)

Pedro Mendes
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Modena
Number 11
Youth career
2008–2012 Vitória Guimarães
2012–2013 Sandinenses
2013–2014 Vitória Guimarães
2014–2017 Moreirense
2017–2018 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Sporting U23 53 (32)
2019–2022 Sporting CP 6 (0)
2020–2021 → Almería (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → Nacional (loan) 12 (2)
2021–2022 → Rio Ave (loan) 34 (10)
2022–2024 Ascoli 57 (15)
2024– Modena 5 (2)
International career
2017 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2019 Portugal U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes (born 1 August 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie B club Modena.

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in Guimarães, Mendes started his youth career with local clubs Vitória S.C. and Moreirense F.C. before joining Sporting CP's academy at the age of 18.[2] On 19 September 2019, after having scored seven goals in six games for the under-23 side to start the new season and before he had made his debut with the first team in the Primeira Liga due to registration problems,[3] he appeared with the latter in a group stage match in the UEFA Europa League against PSV Eindhoven, and found the net immediately after having come as an 81st-minute substitute for fellow youth graduate Miguel Luís, albeit in a 3–2 away defeat;[4] in the process, he became Sporting's first player to achieve the feat on his debut in European competition.[2]

Mendes finally made his debut in the Portuguese top division on 11 January 2020, playing 14 minutes in the 3–1 away victory over Vitória de Setúbal.[5] On 16 September, he joined Spanish Segunda División side UD Almería on a season-long loan.[6] The following 1 February, however, he signed with C.D. Nacional also on loan.[7] In his second appearance for the latter, as a second-half substitute against S.C. Farense, he scored twice (but one in his own net) in a 2–3 home loss.[8]

On 16 July 2021, Mendes moved to Liga Portugal 2 club Rio Ave F.C. on a season-long loan deal, with an option to buy.[9] He scored a squad-best ten goals,[10] as the champions returned to the top flight after one year out.[11]

Ascoli

On 29 August 2022, Mendes signed a three-year contract with Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC in the Italian Serie B.[12] He netted a team-best 11 times in his second season, in a final relegation; he also missed the final two months due to a tendon injury.[13][14]

Modena

Mendes remained in the Italian second tier for the 2024–25 campaign, joining Modena FC 2018.[15]

International career

Mendes won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 11 October 2019, in a 4–2 away loss against the Netherlands in the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers where he replaced AC Milan's Rafael Leão.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 March 2024
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP 2019–20[17] Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 0 0 6[c] 1 12 1
Almería (loan) 2020–21[17] Segunda División 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Nacional (loan) 2020–21[17] Primeira Liga 12 2 – – – 12 2
Rio Ave (loan) 2021–22[17] Liga Portugal 2 34 10 4 0 4 0 – 42 10
Ascoli 2022–23[17] Serie B 30 4 1 0 – – 31 4
2023–24[17] Serie B 27 11 1 0 – – 28 11
Total 57 15 2 0 – – 59 15
Career total 119 27 6 0 4 0 6 1 135 28
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Rio Ave

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pedro Mendes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Roseiro, Bruno (19 September 2019). "Pedro Mendes, o avançado que custou 300 mil euros, fugiu à lógica da academia e fez história no Sporting" [Pedro Mendes, the forward who cost 300 thousand euros, detached from the academy's logic and made history at Sporting]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ Lopes, João; Granada, Ricardo (3 October 2019). "Pedro Mendes forçado a esperar" [Pedro Mendes forced to wait]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ "PSV begint Europa League met nipte zege op Sporting" [PSV start Europa League with narrow victory over Sporting] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Fernandes, Nuno (11 January 2020). "Sporting vence em cenário viral mas ficou com marcas para o dérbi" [Sporting win in viral setting but were scarred for derby]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Almería sign the Portuguese leading forward Pedro Mendes". UD Almería. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ Aleixo, Mário (1 February 2021). "Pedro Mendes reforça Nacional por empréstimo do Sporting" [Pedro Mendes bolsters Nacional on loan from Sporting] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Farense vence Nacional e deixa zona de despromoção da I Liga" [Farense beat Nacional and leave relegation zone in I League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Pedro Mendes assina com o Rio Ave FC" [Pedro Mendes signs with Rio Ave FC] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  10. ^ Veloso Gomes, André (25 May 2022). "Rio Ave: continuidade de Pedro Mendes, cedido pelo Sporting, em equação" [Rio Ave: continuity of Pedro Mendes, on loan from Sporting, on the table]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (15 May 2022). "VÍDEO: Rio Ave recebe troféu de campeão da II Liga em clima de festa" [VIDEO: Rio Ave get II League champions trophy in party atmosphere] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  12. ^ "#Calciomercato – Ufficiale Pedro Mendes dallo Sporting Lisbona: triennale per il portoghese" [#Transfermarket – Official Pedro Mendes from Sporting Lisbon: three-year contract for the Portuguese] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  13. ^ Mariotti, Massimiliano (7 March 2024). "L'Ascoli perde Pedro Mendes. Lesione al tendine per l'attaccante" [Ascoli lose Pedro Mendes. Tendon injury for the forward]. Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  14. ^ "L'Ascoli retrocede in serie C. Disordini fuori dallo stadio. Una decina di persone ferite" [Ascoli relegated to Serie C. Crowd trouble outside of the ground. About ten people injured] (in Italian). Rai News 24. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  15. ^ Biondi, Gianluca (16 July 2024). "Pedro Mendes è ufficialmente un giocatore del Modena" [Pedro Mendes is officially a Modena player]. Gazzetta di Ascoli (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Portugal sofre primeira derrota na qualificação para o Euro 2021" [Portugal suffer first loss in Euro 2021 qualifiers]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Pedro Mendes at Soccerway