Reinildo Mandava

Reinildo Mandava

Mandava playing for Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Reinildo Isnard Mandava [1]
Date of birth	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Beira, Mozambique
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Sunderland
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Ferroviário da Beira
2014–2015	GD Maputo
2015–2018	Benfica B	1	(0)
2017	→ Fafe (loan)	16	(1)
2017–2018	→ Sporting Covilhã (loan)	30	(4)
2018–2019	Belenenses SAD	16	(0)
2019	→ Lille (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2022	Lille	63	(1)
2022–2025	Atlético Madrid	74	(2)
2025–	Sunderland	4	(0)
International career‡
2013–	Mozambique	49	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:01, 13 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:32, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Reinildo Isnard Mandava (born 21 January 1994), also known mononymously as Reinildo, is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Sunderland and the Mozambique national team.

Club career

Born in Beira, Mandava began his football career with Ferroviário da Beira and GD Maputo. ^[3] In December 2015, he signed for Portuguese club Benfica ^[4] and was assigned to their reserve team. In June 2017, he was loaned out to Sporting da Covilhã in LigaPro for one season. ^{[5] [6]}

In 2018 he moved to Belenenses SAD, ^{[7] [8]} and in January 2019 he moved to French club Lille on loan with a €3 million option to purchase the player at the end of the season. ^{[9] [10]} On 31 May 2019, it was confirmed that Lille had completed the permanent purchase of Mandava. ^[11]

On 31 January 2022, Spanish club Atlético Madrid announced the transfer of Mandava on a three-and-a-half-year contract. ^[12] He left the club on 30 June 2025, following the expiry of his contract. ^[13]

On 8 July 2025, English club Sunderland announced the signing of Mandava on a two-year contract. ^[14] He made his Sunderland debut in the club's opening game of the 2025–26 Premier League season, a 3-0 win over West Ham, ^{[15] [16]} becoming the first Mozambican to play in the Premier League. ^[17]

International career

Mandava made his international debut for Mozambique in 2013. ^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Benfica B	2016–17 [18]	LigaPro	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Fafe (loan)	2016–17 [18]	LigaPro	16	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		16	1
Sporting Covilhã (loan)	2017–18 [18]	LigaPro	30	4	0	0	1	0	—		—		31	4
Belenenses SAD	2018–19 [18]	Primeira Liga	16	0	1	0	2	1	—		—		19	1
Lille (loan)	2018–19 [18]	Ligue 1	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
Lille	2019–20 [18]	Ligue 1	16	0	2	0	2	0	2 [c]	0	—		22	0
	2020–21 [18]	Ligue 1	29	0	0	0	—		6 [d]	0	—		35	0
	2021–22 [18]	Ligue 1	18	1	2	0	—		6 [c]	0	1 [e]	0	27	1
	Lille total		66	1	4	0	2	0	14	0	1	0	87	1
Atlético Madrid	2021–22 [18]	La Liga	17	0	—		—		4 [c]	0	—		21	0
	2022–23 [18]	La Liga	22	0	5	0	—		6 [c]	0	—		33	0
	2023–24 [18]	La Liga	16	2	2	0	—		1 [c]	0	0	0	19	2
	2024–25 [18]	La Liga	19	0	4	0	—		6 [c]	0	1 [f]	0	30	0
	Total		74	2	11	0	—		17	0	1	0	103	2
Sunderland	2025–26 [18]	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Career total			206	8	16	0	5	1	31	0	2	0	260	9

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
2. Includes Taça da Liga, Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
6. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 25 March 2025 ^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mozambique	2013	1	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	7	2
	2016	1	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	5	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	4	0
	2023	0	0
	2024	12	2
	2025	2	0
Total		49	4

Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mandava goal. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

List of international goals scored by Reinildo Mandava

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 June 2015	Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique	Seychelles	2–0	5–1	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
2	4 July 2015	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	4–0	4–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
3	6 January 2024	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Lesotho	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	22 January 2024	Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Ghana	2–2	2–2	2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Lille

• Ligue 1: 2020–21 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Trophée des Champions: 2021 ^[22]

Mozambique

• COSAFA Cup runner-up: 2015 ^[23]

Individual

• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2020–21 ^[24]

References

1. "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Atlético De Madrid (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2025. p. 4. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "Página oficial del Atlético de Madrid". Atlético Madrid.
3. "Reinildo Mandava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
4. "Reinildo no Benfica, Amâncio no Sporting em Lisboa" (in Portuguese). O País. 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
5. O defesa-esquerdo moçambicano Reinildo, emprestado pelo Benfica por uma temporada. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese)
6. Reinildo Mandava at Soccerway . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
7. Reinildo chega para a defesa Archived 12 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine A Bola(in Portuguese)
8. Reinildo Mandava at ForaDeJogo (archived)
9. LE LATÉRAL GAUCHE REINILDO MANDAVA PRÊTÉ AU LOSC, losc.fr, 31 January 2019
10. Reinildo: Du Mozambique à Lille, le parcours atypique du joueur africatopsports.com
11. Lille purchase Reinildo Mandava in €3m deal, getfootballnewsfrance.com, 31 May 2019
12. "¡Bienvenido, Reinildo Mandava!" [Welcome, Reinildo Mandava!] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
13. "Thank you, Reinildo!". Club Atlético de Madrid. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
14. "Reinildo Mandava signs for Sunderland". Sunderland. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
15. "Seven debutants in Sunderland XI for Premier League opener". Sunderland AFC. 16 August 2025. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
16. "Sunderland 3-0 West Ham". BBC Sport . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
17. "Reinildo to make Mozambique the league's 127th nation". Premier League. 10 July 2025. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
18. "Reinildo". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
19. "CHAN 2016: Nooij sacked after Tanazania [sic] lose to Uganda". bbc.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
20. "Four-star Mambas move on as Chipolopolo survive". CAF Online. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
21. Adjei-Mintah, Yaw (7 January 2024). "Black Stars AFCON opponent, Mozambique, secures win in friendly game". citisportsonline.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
22. "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
23. "COSAFA Cup 2015 - Match Details". RSSSF.com.
24. "Trophées UNFP : cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'équipe type" [Trophées UNFP : five Parisiens, two Lillois and two Lyonnais in the typical team]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

External links

• Profile at the Sunderland A.F.C. website
• Reinildo Mandava – UEFA competition record ( archive )