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 | SC Braga | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Electrico Futebol Club | |||
Desportalegre | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Ponte Frielas | ||
2009–2011 | 1º de Dezembro | ||
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 | 16 | (5) |
2018–2021 | Sporting CP | 53 | (25) |
2021– | SC Braga | 28 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2006 | Portugal U19 | 21 | (15) |
2007– | Portugal | 116 | (23) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022 |
Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for SC Braga 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]
Braga
1º de Dezembro
Rossiyanka
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 2 March 2012 | Estádio Municipal, Parchal, Portugal | Hungary | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2012 Algarve Cup |
2. | 12 February 2014 | Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal | Albania | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
3. | 3–0 | |||||
4. | 5–1 | |||||
5. | 7 March 2014 | Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal | Russia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2014 Algarve Cup |
6. | 23 July 2017 | Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Scotland | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
7. | 27 July 2017 | Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands | England | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
8. | 28 February 2018 | Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal | China | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Algarve Cup |
9. | 6 October 2018 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China | Thailand | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2018 Yongchuan International Tournament |
10. | 3–1 | |||||
11. | 4–1 | |||||
12. | 6 March 2019 | Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal | Iceland | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2019 Algarve Cup |
13. | 25 November 2021 | Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal | Israel | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
14. | 2–0 | |||||
15. | 3–0 | |||||
16. | 16 February 2022 | Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal | Norway | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 Algarve Cup |
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