Lucas Ferreira Mendes da Silva, commonly known as Lucas Mendes (born 19 February 1992), is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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Career

Lucas Mendes came through the youth ranks with

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. After performing well in the 2011 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior he was loaned to Santo André in 2012 for their second division

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campaign. Between 2014 and 2016 he represented Inter de Bebedouro,

Barretos Barretos is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has approximately 122,833 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and an area of 1566.1 km². Barretos belongs to the Mesoregion of Ribeirão Preto. History The ...

and

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in the lower divisions of Campeonato Paulista and

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. He was loaned by Barretos to São Bento in May 2016 to play in

2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 12 June and is ended on 1 October. The four teams in the semifinals, CSA, Moto Club, São Bento and Volta Re ...

. São Bento won promotion, and he stayed with them for the whole of 2017, winning promotion again from

2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs. The competition started on 14 May and ended on 21 October 2017. CSA, Fortaleza, Sampaio Corrêa and São Bento qualified for the semi ...

. In November 2017 it was announce that Lucas Mendes had signed for

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to compete in the 2018 Campeonato Paulista second division, but by the time the season started in January he had moved to rivals Sertãozinho. In April 2018 he signed for

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

to compete in

2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018. Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning fr ...

. After gaining promotion at the end of the season, he renewed his contract with Botafogo-SP for a further year.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Lucas Living people 1992 births Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders São Paulo FC players Esporte Clube Santo André players Associação Atlética Internacional (Bebedouro) players Barretos Esporte Clube players Uberaba Sport Club players Esporte Clube São Bento players Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Esporte Clube Água Santa players Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players