Fernando Mendes (footballer, born 1937)

Fernando Mendes

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Mamede Mendes
Date of birth	15 July 1937
Place of birth	Seia, Portugal
Date of death	31 March 2016 (aged 78)
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1953–1956	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1956–1968	Sporting CP	165	(1)
1968–1969	Atlético	12	(1)
Total		177	(2)
National team
1959–1965	Portugal	21	(0)
Teams managed
1974–1975	Lusitânia
1975–1976	Atlético
1976–1977	Vianense
1977–1979	Sporting CP (youth)
1980	Sporting CP
1981	Marítimo
1982–1984	Belenenses
1984–1985	Farense
1985–1986	Trofense
1986–1988	Sporting CP (assistant)
1988–1996	Sporting CP (youth)
1996	Sporting CP
2000	Lourinhanense
2000–2001	Sporting CP
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Fernando Mamede Mendes (15 July 1937 – 31 March 2016) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

Football career

Mendes was born in Seia, Guarda District. During his professional career, which lasted 13 seasons, he played almost exclusively for Sporting Clube de Portugal, also starting and finishing his football formation at the Lisbon club. He appeared in 233 games during his spell, including friendlies.^[1]

Mendes represented the Portuguese national team during six years, but did not attend any major international tournament: on 25 April 1965 he broke his leg in the early minutes of the away fixture against Czechoslovakia for the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification, as the national team eventually won it 1–0 thanks to Eusébio, with ten players (no substitutions were allowed then).^[1][2]

Mendes never fully recovered from that situation, and retired four years later at only 31. In 24 Primeira Liga matches over the course of three separate seasons, he served as interim coach at his only club (the last in late 2000-early 2001), winning nine games, drawing nine and losing six; with the Lions, he also worked as an assistant coach and extensively with the youth teams.^[3]

Death

Mendes died on 31 March 2016 at the Hospital Pulido Valente in Lisbon, after a long illness. He was 78 years old.^[4]

References

1. "Fernando Mendes" (in Portuguese). Wiki Sporting. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. "Dez golos que explicam o fenómeno" [Ten goals that explain the phenomenon] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados" [Coaches in football and titles won] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. "Faleceu Fernando Mendes" [Fernando Mendes has passed away] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

External links

• Fernando Mendes at footballzz.co.uk
• Fernando Mendes profile at ForaDeJogo
• Fernando Mendes manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Fernando Mendes at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football