Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1999)

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Pedro Mendes
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ascoli
Number 90
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– Ascoli 57 (15)
International career
2017 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2019 Portugal U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 11 April 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 Ascoli.

Club career[edit]

Sporting CP[edit]

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[edit]

On 29 August 2022, Mendes signed a three-year contract with Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC in the Italian Serie B.[12]

International career[edit]

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.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 November 2023
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[14] Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 0 0 6[c] 0 12 0
Almería (loan) 2020–21[14] Segunda División 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Nacional (loan) 2020–21[14] Primeira Liga 12 2 – – – 10 0
Rio Ave (loan) 2021–22[14] Liga Portugal 2 34 10 4 0 4 0 – 42 10
Ascoli 2022–23[14] Serie B 30 4 1 0 – – 31 4
2023–24[14] Serie B 13 5 1 0 – – 14 5
Total 43 9 2 0 – – 45 9
Career total 105 21 6 0 4 0 6 0 121 21
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours[edit]

Rio Ave

References[edit]

  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. ^ "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.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Pedro Mendes at Soccerway

External links[edit]

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