Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1999)

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Pedro Mendes
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes [1]
Date of birth (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal [1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ascoli
Number 90
Youth career
2008–2012 Vitória Guimarães
2012–2013 Sandinenses
2013–2014 Vitória Guimarães
2014–2017 Moreirense
2017–2018 Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Sporting U23 53 (32)
2019–2022 Sporting CP 6 (0)
2020–2021 → Almería (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → Nacional (loan) 12 (2)
2021–2022 → Rio Ave (loan) 34 (10)
2022– Ascoli 57 (15)
International career
2017 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2019 Portugal U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes (born 1 August 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie B club Ascoli.

Contents

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in Guimarães, Mendes started his youth career with local clubs Vitória S.C. and Moreirense F.C. before joining Sporting CP's academy at the age of 18. [2] On 19 September 2019, after having scored seven goals in six games for the under-23 side to start the new season and before he had made his debut with the first team in the Primeira Liga due to registration problems, [3] he appeared with the latter in a group stage match in the UEFA Europa League against PSV Eindhoven, and found the net immediately after having come as an 81st-minute substitute for fellow youth graduate Miguel Luís, albeit in a 3–2 away defeat; [4] in the process, he became Sporting's first player to achieve the feat on his debut in European competition. [2]

Mendes finally made his debut in the Portuguese top division on 11 January 2020, playing 14 minutes in the 3–1 away victory over Vitória de Setúbal. [5] On 16 September, he joined Spanish Segunda División side UD Almería on a season-long loan. [6] The following 1 February, however, he signed with C.D. Nacional also on loan. [7] In his second appearance for the latter, as a second-half substitute against S.C. Farense, he scored twice (but one in his own net) in a 2–3 home loss. [8]

On 16 July 2021, Mendes moved to Liga Portugal 2 club Rio Ave F.C. on a season-long loan deal, with an option to buy. [9] He scored a squad-best ten goals, [10] as the champions returned to the top flight after one year out. [11]

Ascoli

On 29 August 2022, Mendes signed a three-year contract with Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC in the Italian Serie B. [12]

International career

Mendes won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 11 October 2019, in a 4–2 away loss against the Netherlands in the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers where he replaced AC Milan's Rafael Leão. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP 2019–20 [14] Primeira Liga 6000006 [lower-alpha 3] 0120
Almería (loan) 2020–21 [14] Segunda División 10000––100
Nacional (loan) 2020–21 [14] Primeira Liga122–––100
Rio Ave (loan) 2021–22 [14] Liga Portugal 2 34104040–4210
Ascoli 2022–23 [14] Serie B 30410––314
2023–24 [14] Serie B13510––145
Total43920––459
Career total1052160406012121

Honours

Rio Ave

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  4. ↑ "PSV begint Europa League met nipte zege op Sporting" [PSV start Europa League with narrow victory over Sporting] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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  6. ↑ "Almería sign the Portuguese leading forward Pedro Mendes". UD Almería. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Farense vence Nacional e deixa zona de despromoção da I Liga" [Farense beat Nacional and leave relegation zone in I League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pedro Mendes assina com o Rio Ave FC" [Pedro Mendes signs with Rio Ave FC] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pedro Mendes at Soccerway
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