Mónica Soraia Amaral Mendes (born 16 June 1993) is a

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

defender currently playing for

A.C. Milan Women Associazione Calcio Milan, colloquially known as Milan Women or simply Milan, is an Italian women's association football club affiliated with A.C. Milan, the professional football club in Milan. It was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie ...

in the

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

Club career

Mendes has played in her native Portugal for

S.U. 1º Dezembro Sociedade União 1º Dezembro is a sports club from Sintra, Portugal. The football section of the club was founded on 6 April 1938, the S.U. 1º Dezembro (women), women's football section in 1995. The men's football team plays in the Liga 3 (Port ...

before moving to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

, where she played in college for the

University of Texas at Brownsville , mottoeng = Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. , established = , closed = (merged with UT–Pan American to form The UTRGV) , type = Public State University , presid ...

and in the

USL W-League The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

for the reserve teams of

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

. In August 2015, she played the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round for Cyprus club

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

. During the same month, shortly after the end of Apollon's Champions League campaign, Mendes was playing for

Vålerenga Fotball Vålerenga Fotball () is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga. Vålerenga's home ground is Intility Arena ...

in the Norwegian

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...

. In February 2016, she signed with

FC Neunkirch FC Neunkirch is a Swiss women's association football club based in Neunkirch, a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen. From 2007 the club was promoted in several consecutive seasons, reaching the top division Nationalliga A in 2013. The ...

of the Swiss Nationalliga A.

International career

Mendes has played for both

Portugal women's national football team The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football ...

(senior) and the under-19 team.

Honours

;1º Dezembro Winner *

Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began ...

(3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

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* 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Almada Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers College women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Toppserien players Apollon Ladies F.C. players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players FC Neunkirch players A.C.F. Brescia Calcio Femminile players Women's association football defenders A.C. Milan Women players S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub