Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes | ||
Date of birth | 27 November 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Estremoz, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Power | ||
Youth career | |||
Electrico Futebol Club | |||
Desportalegre | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Ponte Frielas | ||
2009–2011 | 1º de Dezembro | 5 | (0) |
2011–2012 | L'Estartit | (2) | |
2012–2013 | Llanos de Olivenza | 29 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Riviera di Romagna | 21 | (7) |
2014–2016 | Rossiyanka | 27 | (5) |
2016 | Djurgården | 14 | (3) |
2017 | Grindavík | 17 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Atalanta Mozzanica | 21 | (6) |
2018–2021 | Sporting CP | 53 | (25) |
2021–2024 | SC Braga | 55 | (13) |
2024– | Racing Power | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2006 | Portugal U19 | 21 | (15) |
2007– | Portugal | 122 | (24) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024 |
Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Racing Power and the Portugal women's national football team.
She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship. [2] She subsequently moved to Spain, where she played for UE L'Estartit [3] and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in Spain's Primera División. [4]
In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF for one year. [5]
Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at the 2007 Algarve Cup. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
In Portugal's 2–1 win over Scotland, Mendes scored the national team's first-ever goal at major international tournament finals. [6] She scored again in the final group match against England, but Portugal lost 2–1 and was eliminated. [7]
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. [8]
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