Diogo Alexandre de Almeida Mendes (born 24 January 1998) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Marítimo.
International career
Born in Portugal, Mendes is of Cape Verdean descent. He is a former youth international for Portugal. In October 2023, he was called up to the
Cape Verde national team for a set of friendlies.
Honours
Benfica
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UEFA Youth League runner-up:
2016–17
References
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Faro, Portugal
Portuguese men's footballers
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Men's association football midfielders
Liga Portugal 2 players
S.L. Benfica B players
C.S. Marítimo players
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