Mónica Mendes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mónica Soraia Amaral Mendes | ||
Date of birth | 16 June 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender (Central Back) | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | A.C. Milan | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Beira-Mar de Almada | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2015 | University of Texas at Brownsville | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | S.U. 1º Dezembro | ||
2011–2012 | D.C. United (Reserves) | ||
2013–2015 | Washington Spirit (Reserves) | ||
2015 | Apollon Limassol | ||
2015 | Vålerenga Fotball Damer | (0) | |
2016–2017 | FC Neunkirch | (2) | |
2017–2018 | Brescia | 19 | (2) |
2018– | A.C. Milan | 25 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2012 | Portugal U19 | 28 | (4) |
2012– | Portugal | 51 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2015 |
Mónica Mendes (born 16 June 1993) is a Portuguese football defender currently playing for A.C. Milan Women in the Serie A.
Club career
Mendes has played in her native Portugal for S.U. 1º Dezembro before moving to the United States, where she played in college for the University of Texas at Brownsville and in the USL W-League for the reserve teams of D.C. United / Washington Spirit.[1]
In August 2015, she played the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round for Cyprus club Apollon Limassol.[2] During the same month, shortly after the end of Apollon's Champions League campaign, Mendes was playing for Vålerenga Fotball in the Norwegian Toppserien.[3]
In February 2016, she signed with FC Neunkirch of the Swiss Nationalliga A.[4]
International career
Mendes has played for both Portugal women's national football team (senior) and the under-19 team.[5]
Honours
- 1º Dezembro
Winner
- Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
References
- ^ "Player profile". Washington Spirit. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Player profile". UEFA. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Monica Soraia Amaral Mendes - Toppserien stats". NFF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Player profile". FC Neunkirch (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Player national team profile". UEFA. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links
- Mónica Mendes at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Portugal women's international footballers
- University of Texas at Brownsville
- College women's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Toppserien players
- Apollon Ladies F.C. players
- Vålerenga Fotball Damer players
- FC Neunkirch players
- A.C.F. Brescia Calcio Femminile players
- Women's association football defenders
- A.C. Milan Women players
- S.U. 1º de Dezembro (women) players
- Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players
- Portuguese women's football biography stubs