Nilton Pereira Mendes or simply Mendes (January 7, 1976 – September 18, 2006) was a Brazilian professional

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 ...

er. He was born in

Governador Valadares Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the countryside of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was 281,046 inhabitants, thus being the ninth most populated city in the state. It is an economical axis of the middle valley of the Doce R ...

Death

Mendes collapsed on the pitch during a training match for his club

FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ;Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footba ...

and died on the way to the hospital at

Karagandy Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astana ...

.МЫ остались без Мендеса…
Наш спорт, September 19, 2006

Honours

Club

; Irtysh *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

winner (1):

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. *Kazakhstan Premier League bronze (1):

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. ; Astana-1964 *

bronze (1):

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. *

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

winner (2): 2002, 2005 *Kazakhstan Cup runner-up (1): 2001

Individual

top scorer:

(21 goals). *

best foreign player:

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References

1976 births 2006 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Association football players who died while playing FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Shakhter Karagandy players Kazakhstan Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan FC Zhenis players People from Governador Valadares Men's association football forwards Sport deaths in Kazakhstan Footballers from Minas Gerais {{Brazil-footy-forward-1970s-stub