Ahmad Mendes Moreira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Schiedam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Excelsior | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | VVK '68 | ||
| 2004–2006 | SC Feyenoord | ||
| 2006–2011 | Excelsior '20 | ||
| 2011–2014 | Excelsior Maassluis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Excelsior Maassluis | 61 | (14) |
| 2016–2018 | Kozakken Boys | 59 | (20) |
| 2018–2019 | FC Groningen | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Telstar (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2019– | Excelsior | 14 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 12 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
Ahmad Mendes Moreira (born 27 June 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Excelsior.
Club career
On 4 April 2018, Mendes Moreira signed a contract with effect from 1 July 2018 until mid-2019 with FC Groningen.[1][2][3] Previously, he had been playing for Kozakken Boys at amateur level.[4]
On 12 August 2018, he made his official debut as a substitute for FC Groningen in the Eredivisie away match against SBV Vitesse, which ended in a 5–1 defeat.[5]
He transferred to SBV Excelsior in July 2019 on a two-year contract.[6]
In November 2019 Mendes Moreira was subjected to racism from opposition FC Den Bosch fans. FC Den Bosch initially tried to claim the sounds were crows, but later apologised for the claim.[7]
Personal life
Mendes Moreira was born in the Netherlands to a Bissau-Guinean father, and a Guinean mother.[8]
References
- ^ "Nederland - A. Mendes Moreira - Profiel met nieuws, statistieken en geschiedenis - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Mendes Moreira morgen gepresenteerd bij FC Groningen -". voetbalrotterdam.nl. 3 April 2018.
- ^ Ahmad Mendes Moreira at WorldFootball.net
- ^ e spraken Ahmad Mendes Moreira over zijn stap van Kozakken Boys naar FC Groningenn vice.com
- ^ "Vitesse vs. FC Groningen - 12 augustus 2018 - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ahmad Mendes Moreira tekent contract bij Excelsior". SBV Excelsior Officiële website. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Ahmad Mendes Moreira: Den Bosch apologise for 'crow sounds' statement". 18 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "'De nationale bond van Guinee heeft wel eens geïnformeerd'". 2 February 2018.
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