João Pedro Mingote Ribeiro (born 2 August 1980), known as Mingote, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Aveiro District Aveiro District ( pt, Distrito de Aveiro, or ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Po ...

, Mingote's professional input in his homeland consisted of 66 Segunda Liga games over the course of five seasons, with

Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it plays in the Division of Honour in the Coimbra Football Associ ...

and

A.D. Ovarense Associação Desportiva Ovarense commonly known as simply as Ovarense is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Ovar, Aveiro. The club was founded on 19 December 1921. It currently plays at the Estádio Marques da Silva which they have playe ...

. In 2004–05, he played understudy to

Sérgio Leite Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite (born 16 August 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career After emerging from local Boavista FC's youth ranks, Porto-born Leite found it hard to find a spot in the first team, barr ...

as the latter club finished in 12th position. During the 2008 January

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, Mingote left for Romania – where he would remain the following decade – and signed with

CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu Clubul Sportiv Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (), commonly known as Pandurii Târgu Jiu or simply Pandurii, was a Romanian football club based in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, which competed last time in the Liga IV. Founded in 1962 following the merg ...

from lower league side

A.D. Lousada Associação Desportiva de Lousada or simply AD Lousada is a Portuguese club, based in Lousada, district of Porto. The club has various sports, specially football, field hockey and basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, ...

. In the 2012–13 campaign, he contributed with 26 games to help the former team to a best-ever second place in

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

. Mingote left the

Stadionul Municipal Stadionul Municipal may refer to several sports stadiums: Moldova * Stadionul Municipal (Hîncești), a football stadium * Stadionul Municipal (Tiraspol), a multi-use stadium Romania * Stadionul Municipal (Alexandria), a multi-use stadium, home g ...

in the summer of 2016, going on to represent

ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș, commonly known as ASA Târgu Mureș or simply as Târgu Mureș, was a Romanian professional football club based in Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, which last played in the Liga II. During its short ...

and

CS Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football team based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian leagu ...

.Mingote a semnat cu ASA Târgu Mureş, după opt ani petrecuţi la Pandurii (Mingote has signed with ASA Târgu Mureş, after eight years with Pandurii)
Digi Sport, 5 September 2016 (in Romanian)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mingote, Pedro 1980 births Sportspeople from Santa Maria da Feira Living people Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players U.D. Leiria players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players A.D. Ovarense players S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players Moreirense F.C. players A.D. Lousada players Liga I players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players CS Universitatea Craiova players ASC Daco-Getica București players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania