Pedro Mendes (footballer, Born October 1990)
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Pedro Filipe Teodósio Mendes (born 1 October 1990) 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 lea ...
who plays as a
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for
Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top Division (sport), division of professional top tier Association football, football in Georgia (Country), Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional ...
club Dila.


Club career


Sporting CP

Born in
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, Switzerland, to Portuguese parents, Mendes reached
Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
's youth system in 2005, aged nearly 15. In his first two senior seasons he played with Real SC ( third division) and
Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on ...
(
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), in both cases on loan, helping the latter club to promotion. In the summer of 2011, still owned by Sporting, Mendes joined
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
, being assigned to the B team. He made his debut with the main squad on 7 December, coming on as a substitute for
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midway through the second half of a 3–0 away win against
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in the
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of the
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; during his spell at the
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, several of his Castilla teammates expressed their dissatisfaction over what they saw as a preferential treatment by first-team manager
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, the player's compatriot. Mendes played his first match in the
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
with Sporting on 27 January 2013, when he replaced the injured
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at
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of the 1–1 home draw with
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.


Parma

Returning to Sporting for the 2012–13 campaign, Mendes was made
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of the reserves who competed in the Segunda Liga, also appearing sporadically for the main squad. On 28 May 2013, he signed a five-year contract with
Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 () is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian league system, following promotion from Serie B in the 2023–24 season. ''Parma Football Cl ...
in
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as a
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. On 21 January 2014, Mendes moved to fellow top-tier club
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in a co-ownership deal with Parma. In June he was bought by the latter, who sold
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and
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to the former on the same day.


Rennes

Mendes joined
Stade Rennais F.C. Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC, ), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais () or simply Rennes,''Rennais'' and ''Stade Rennes'', used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, are not grammatically correct names for the club. is ...
of France on 6 July 2015, after agreeing to a four-year contract. He made his debut in
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on 8 August, in a 2–1 away loss to
SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastia (, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a French professional association football, football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football in France, ...
.


Montpellier

On 18 July 2017, Mendes signed with
Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (; ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC, is a French professional association football, football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. The original club was ...
of the same league. He first appeared for them on 5 August, playing the entire 1–0 home victory over
Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, Malherbe, or simply Caen) is a Football in France, French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, that competes in the Championnat Na ...
, and scored his first goal on 16 September by heading from the
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as the visitors defeated
ES Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French professional association football club based in Troyes that competes in Ligue 2. It plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Aube. Founded in 1986, it is ...
by the same score. Mendes became a key part of
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's resolute Montpellier side over the following seasons, partnering veterans
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and Hilton in a three-man central defence. In October 2018, he extended his contract for two more years up to 2023. Mendes featured rarely in his final two years at the
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, due to an
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contracted in April 2021. In an interview to Portuguese website ''Zerozero'', he blasted the club's medical staff over his recovery process.


Later career

On 24 August 2023, Mendes returned to Portugal one decade after leaving, joining
C.F. Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela Amadora SAD (), sometimes just Estrela da Amadora, is a Portuguese professional sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. The team is currently competing in the Primeira Liga, after winnin ...
who had just returned to the top flight following a lengthy absence; the terms of the deal were not disclosed. In June 2024, he left. In February 2025, Mendes moved to the Georgian
Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top Division (sport), division of professional top tier Association football, football in Georgia (Country), Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional ...
with
FC Dila Gori FC Dila ('' Georgian'': საფეხბურთო კლუბი დილა) is a Georgian professional football club based in Gori. The club takes part in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football, and plays their home ...
.


International career

Mendes won exactly 50
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for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-21 team for whom he scored in a 1–1 home draw against
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for the 2013 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. He made his only full appearance on 14 October 2018, when he replaced
S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...
's
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in the 56th minute of the 3–1 friendly win over
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at
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.


Career statistics


Honours

Real Madrid Castilla *
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...
: 2011–12


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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Pedro 1990 births Living people Swiss people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Real S.C. players Sporting CP B players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Swiss Challenge League players Servette FC players Segunda División B players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players Serie A players Parma Calcio 1913 players US Sassuolo Calcio players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Stade Rennais FC players Montpellier HSC players Erovnuli Liga players FC Dila Gori players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France