Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes (born 6 December 1993) is a

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professional

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who plays as an

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and is currently a free agent.

Club career

Portugal

Born in

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n descent, Mendes spent the vast majority of his career in the Portuguese lower leagues. He joined

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club Vitória F.C. as a 16-year-old, making his

debut with the first team on 6 November 2011 when he came on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Gil Vicente FC, being subsequently praised by manager

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. Mendes also had a brief spell in the Angolan

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, with

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Romania

On 16 June 2017, Mendes left

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and joined

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from the Romanian

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. He made his debut in the first league game of the season, against

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. Returned to the country after a very brief spell in

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with

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, on 7 July 2019 Mendes signed a two-year contract with

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side

FC Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

. Two months later, however, he left by mutual consent.

Hong Kong

On 26 October 2020, it was confirmed that Mendes had signed with

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club

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. On 21 May 2021, Mendes left the club due to injury.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Pedro 1993 births Living people Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Vitória F.C. players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players C.D. Pinhalnovense players Girabola players C.R.D. Libolo players Liga I players Liga II players Hong Kong Premier League players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC Universitatea Cluj players FK Ventspils players Southern District FC players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong