Pedro Mendes (footballer, born October 1990)

Pedro Filipe Teodósio Mendes (born 1 October 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC as a central defender.

For other people with the same name, see Pedro Mendes.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Teodósio and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.

Pedro Mendes
Mendes with Rennes in 2015
Personal information
Full name Pedro Filipe Teodósio Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-01) 1 October 1990[1]
Place of birth Neuchâtel, Switzerland[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2005 Real Massamá
2005–2009 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Sporting CP 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Real Massamá (loan) 22 (0)
2010–2011 → Servette (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012 → Real Madrid B (loan) 23 (1)
2011 → Real Madrid (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 Sporting CP B 30 (1)
2013–2015 Parma 27 (0)
2014 → Sassuolo (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2017 Rennes 41 (0)
2017– Montpellier 87 (3)
National team‡
2006–2007 Portugal U17 10 (0)
2007–2008 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2008–2009 Portugal U19 16 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U21 13 (1)
2018– Portugal 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2018

Club career

Sporting

Born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to Portuguese parents,[2] Mendes reached Sporting CP's youth system in 2005, aged nearly 15. In his first two senior seasons he played with Real SC (third division) and Servette FC (Switzerland, second level),[3] in both cases on loan, helping the latter club to promotion.

In the summer of 2011, still owned by Sporting, Mendes joined Real Madrid, being assigned to the B team.[4] On 7 December 2011 he made his debut with the main squad, coming on as a substitute for Álvaro Arbeloa midway through the second half of a 3–0 away win against AFC Ajax in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League;[5] during his spell with the Merengues, several of his Castilla teammates expressed their dissatisfaction over what they saw as a preferential treatment by first-team manager José Mourinho, the player's compatriot.[6]

Parma

Returning to Sporting for the 2012–13 campaign, Mendes was made captain of the reserves who competed in the second tier, also appearing sporadically for the main squad.[7][8] On 28 May 2013, he signed a five-year contract with Parma F.C. in Serie A.[9]

On 21 January 2014, Mendes moved to fellow league club U.S. Sassuolo Calcio in a co-ownership deal with Parma.[10] In June he was bought by the latter, who sold Raman Chibsah and Nicola Sansone to the former on the same day.[11]

Rennes

Mendes joined Stade Rennais F.C. of France on 6 July 2015, after agreeing to a four-year contract.[12] He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 8 August, in a 1–2 away loss to SC Bastia.[13]

Montpellier

On 18 July 2017, Mendes signed with Montpellier HSC of the same league.[14][15] He first appeared for them on 5 August, playing the entire 1–0 home win over Stade Malherbe Caen,[16] and scored his first goal on 16 September by heading from the corner kick as the visitors defeated Troyes AC by the same score.[17]

Mendes became a key part of Michel Der Zakarian's resolute Montpellier side over the following seasons, partnering veterans Daniel Congré and Hilton in a three-man central defence.[18] In October 2018, he extended his contract for two more years up to 2023.[19]

International career

Mendes won exactly 50 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-21 team for whom he scored in a 1–1 home draw against Poland for the 2013 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[20] His maiden full appearance occurred on 14 October 2018, when he replaced S.L. Benfica's Rúben Dias in the 56th minute of the 3–1 friendly victory over Scotland at Hampden Park.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 September 2020[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Massamá 2009–10 Second Division 220———220
Servette 2010–11 Challenge League 150———150
Real Madrid B 2011–12 Segunda División B 231———231
Real Madrid 2011–12 La Liga ———1010
Sporting 2012–13 Primeira Liga 30———30
Sporting B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 311———311
Parma 2013–14 Serie A 6020——80
2014–15 Serie A 21020——230
Total 270400000310
Rennes 2015–16 Ligue 1 220—20—240
2016–17 Ligue 1 19010——200
Total 410102000440
Montpellier 2017–18 Ligue 1 3413020—391
2018–19 Ligue 1 31 1 0 0 1 0 — 32 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 16 1 0 0 2 0 — 18 1
2020–21 Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Total 85 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 93 3
Career total 24758070102635

Honours

Club

Real Madrid Castilla

References
  1. "Pedro Mendes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Suíça quer Pedro Mendes para o Euro'2016" [Switzerland wants Pedro Mendes for Euro'2016]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. "Central Pedro Mendes no Servette" [Defender Pedro Mendes to Servette]. Record (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. Pedro Mendes ya es nuevo fichaje del Real Madrid – B (Pedro Mendes is already new Real Madrid – B signing) Archived 16 June 2013 at Archive.today; Nuevo Fútbol, 20 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. "Ajax 0–3 Real Madrid". Real Madrid CF. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  6. Indignación en la cantera del Madrid por el supuesto trato de favor a Pedro Mendes (Outrage in Madrid youth system for alleged favouring of Pedro Mendes); Libertad Digital, 8 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. "Betinho e Pedro Mendes vão ao Bonfim" [Betinho and Pedro Mendes go to the Bonfim]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  8. "Pedro Mendes agarra lugar" [Pedro Mendes seizes place] (in Portuguese). Super Sporting. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  9. "Parma sign Pedro Mendes". Forza Italian Football. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  10. "Ufficiale: al Sassuolo arrivano Mendes, Rosi e Sansone, al Parma vanno Rossini e Schelotto" [Official: Mendes, Rosi and Sansone arrive at Sassuolo, Rossini and Schelotto go to Parma.] (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  11. Razzini, Pietro (19 June 2014). "Compartecipazioni: Sansone e Chibsah sono del Sassuolo" [Co-ownership: Sansone and Chibsah are Sassuolo's]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  12. "Pedro Mendes, nouveau défenseur Rouge et Noir" [Pedro Mendes, new Black and Red defender] (in French). Stade Rennais. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  13. Gordon, Connor (8 August 2015). "SC Bastia 2–1 Stade Rennais: 10 men Corsicans hold on". Vavel. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. Ghazi, Bilel (13 July 2017). "Montpellier: Giovanni Sio et Pedro Mendes (Rennes) arrivent" [Montpellier: Giovanni Sio and Pedro Mendes (Rennes) arrive]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  15. "Giovanni Sio et Pedro Mendes se sont officiellement engagés à Montpellier" [Giovanni Sio and Pedro Mendes officially committed to Montpellier]. L'Équipe (in French). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. "Football / Ligue 1: Montpellier domine Caen en pensant à "Loulou" (1–0)" [Football / Ligue 1: Montpellier dominate Caen while thinking of "Loulou" (1–0)]. Midi Libre (in French). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  17. "Mendes goal downs Troyes". Ligue 1. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  18. White, Adam; Devin, Eric (21 September 2020). "Michel Der Zakarian and Téji Savanier are making Montpellier marvellous". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  19. "Oficial: Pedro Mendes renova com o Montpellier" [Official: Pedro Mendes renews with Montpellier] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  20. "Skorupski heroics earn a point for Poland". UEFA. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  21. "Bruma fires rocket to seal routine win for Portugal against Scotland". The Guardian. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  22. "Pedro Mendes". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  23. de la Riva, Mario (24 May 2019). "¿Qué es de la última plantilla del Castilla que subió a Segunda?" [What happened to the last Castilla squad to get promoted to Segunda?]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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