Junior Mendes

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Junior Mendes
Personal information
Full name Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes [1]
Date of birth (1976-09-15) 15 September 1976 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Balham, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Hearts of Midlothian (fitness coach)
Youth career
1993–1995 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Chelsea 0 (0)
1996–2000 St Mirren 120 (21)
1998Carlisle United (loan) 6 (1)
2000–2002 Dunfermline Athletic 13 (0)
2002–2003 St Mirren 17 (6)
2003–2004 Mansfield Town 57 (12)
2004–2006 Huddersfield Town 30 (5)
2005–2006Northampton Town (loan) 12 (2)
2006Grimsby Town (loan) 15 (0)
2006–2007 Notts County 37 (5)
2007Lincoln City (loan) 9 (0)
2008–2009 Aldershot Town 12 (1)
2009Stevenage Borough (loan) 6 (1)
2009 Ilkeston Town 1 (0)
2009–2010 Ayr United 21 (0)
2012–2013 Nairn County
2014–2015 Clydebank
Total356(53)
International career
2004–2012 Montserrat 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes (born 15 September 1976) is an English-born Montserratian former professional footballer and sports scientist who works a fitness coach for Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren.

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As a player he was a striker from 1995 to 2015. Mendes began his career with Premier League side Chelsea in 1995, but was released at the 95–96 season. He went on to play in the Football League for Carlisle United, Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Northampton Town, Grimsby Town, Notts County, Lincoln City and Aldershot Town, in Scotland with St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United, and in English Non-league football with Stevenage Borough and Ilkeston Town. He has represented Montserrat six times, scoring 1 goal.

Club career

He signed for Stevenage Borough in March 2009 on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. [2] He had a trial with Conference team York City in October 2009, [3] before signing as stand in for one game on non-contract terms for Conference North club Ilkeston Town, to play against Cambridge United in the FA Cup First Round. [4] Mendes signed for Scottish Football League First Division club Ayr United in November 2009, until mid-January. [5]

Mendes signed for Clydebank in November 2014. [6]

Personal life

Mendes studied at University of the West of Scotland completing a MRes in Sport and exercise Science in 2018. Mendes works as a sports scientist [7] and has been employed as a fitness coach by Scottish League One club Partick Thistle since 2015. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 424. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  2. "Stevenage sign Aldershot's Mendes". BBC Sport. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  3. Flett, Dave (27 October 2009). "Montserrat international Junior Mendes to play for York City reserves". The Press. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  4. "Reds bring in Mendes". nonleaguedaily.com. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  5. McConnell, Stuart (19 November 2009). "Magic Mendes". ayradvertiser.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  6. "Experienced Mendes can help squad". Clydebank Post. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. Keown, Gary (19 June 2014). "From Couva to Brazil: The World Cup story". Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. "Junior Mendes". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 4 August 2017.