Lucas Mendes (footballer, born 1990)
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Full name | Lucas Michel Mendes | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Coritiba | 139 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Marseille | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | El Jaish | 63 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Al-Duhail | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Al-Gharafa | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Al-Wakrah | 88 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Qatar | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 |
Lucas Michel Mendes (born 3 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Qatari club Al-Wakrah. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Qatar national team.
Club career
[edit]On 15 August 2014, after playing 2 years with Olympique de Marseille, he signed for Qatari club El Jaish.[2]
International career
[edit]On 9 November 2023, Mendes received his first call-up to the Qatar national team after being naturalized as a Qatari citizen, having been living in Qatar for nine years. He was part of the Qatari squad which won the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
He scored his first goal in the Third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification in the 102nd minute of the match against the national team of Uzbekistan, ending Uzbekistan's unbeaten undefeated streak of 20 games.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 24 March 2024
Club | Division | Season | League | National Cup | National League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Coritiba | Série A | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Série B | 2010 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Série A | 2011 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11[a] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||
2012 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 20[c] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |||
Total | 67 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 120 | 2 | ||
Marseille | Ligue 1 | 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
2013–14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | ||
El Jaish | QSL | 2014–15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
2015–16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[h] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Total | 63 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 6 | ||
Al-Duhail | QSL | 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[i] | 0 | 1[j] | 0 | 32 | 0 |
2018–19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[k] | 0 | 1[l] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
Al-Gharafa | QSL | 2018–19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[m] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Al-Wakrah | 2019–20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
2023–24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[n] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 88 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 2 | ||
Career Total | 270 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 401 | 11 |
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Sheikh Jassim Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Sheikh Jassim Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 14 November 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Qatar | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 14 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 14 November 2024 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Coritiba
- Campeonato Paranaense: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2010[3]
Al-Duhail
Qatar
Individual
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2023[4]
- Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "Lucas Mendes". Coritiba Foot Ball Club. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Lucas Mendes (Marseille) s'engage avec El Jaish, la défense de l'OM déplumée". eurosport.fr. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ Janeiro, Por Mariana Kneipp Rio de (30 December 2010). "RETROSPECTIVA 2010: Coritiba vai do inferno ao céu para voltar à Série A". globoesporte.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Team of the Tournament". Instagram.com. AFC Asian Cup. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- transfer to Marseille (in French)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Curitiba
- Qatari men's footballers
- Qatar men's international footballers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian emigrants to Qatar
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Men's association football central defenders
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- El Jaish SC players
- Al-Duhail SC players
- Al-Gharafa SC players
- Al-Wakrah SC players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Ligue 1 players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup–winning players
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen