Mano (footballer, born 1987)

Mano

Mano lining up for Villarreal
Personal information
Full name	Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes
Date of birth	(1987-04-09) 9 April 1987
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Estoril
Number	12
Youth career
1996–2003	Almada
2003–2004	Corroios
2004–2006	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2010	Belenenses	60	(0)
2010–2012	Villarreal B	36	(0)
2012	Levadiakos	1	(0)
2012–	Estoril	76	(0)
International career
2006–2007	Portugal U20	12	(0)
2007	Portugal U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2016

Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia mainly as a right back.

Club career

A product of C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system, Lisbon-born Mano first appeared with the first team on 4 February 2007 in a 1–0 away win against Vitória de Setúbal. He had to wait until the 2008–09 season to become an important member of the main squad.

In the 2009–10 campaign, Mano appeared in a career-best 28 games but Belenenses finished as second from bottom in the Primeira Liga, dropping down to the second level. In July 2010, he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain, appearing in 31 Segunda División games in his first year (27 starts) as the Valencians retained their league status.

International career

Mano represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, also appearing in other minor tournaments. In the competition held in Canada, in the round-of-16 defeat against Chile (0–1), he was going to be sent off by referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh for a foul, when teammate Zequinha stripped the judge of his red card, receiving his marching orders as well. Subsequently both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.

External links

• Template:Zerozero profile
• Mano at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Mano at BDFutbol
• Mano – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mano at Soccerway