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Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. mainly as a right-back.

Mano

Mano lining up for Villarreal
Personal information
Full name	Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes[1]
Date of birth	(1987-04-09) 9 April 1987 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team	Vitória Setúbal
Number	5
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)
2012–2018	Estoril	112	(0)
2018–	Vitória Setúbal	76	(0)
National team
2006	Portugal U19	6	(0)
2006–2007	Portugal U20	13	(0)
2007	Portugal U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:07, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

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.[2] He had to wait until the 2008–09 season to become an important member of the main squad.

Mano featured in 28 games in the 2009–10 campaign but Belenenses finished as second-bottom in the Primeira Liga, dropping down to the Segunda Liga.[3] In August 2010 he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain,[4] playing 31 Segunda División matches in his first year (27 starts) as the Valencians retained their league status; his debut in the latter competition took place late in that month, when he came on as a late substitute in a 3–0 away loss to Real Valladolid.[5]

On 5 June 2012, following a brief spell in the Super League Greece with Levadiakos FC, Mano returned to Portugal and signed a two-year contract with G.D. Estoril Praia.[6] He appeared in 27 games in his second season, helping to a best ever fourth-place finish and qualification to the UEFA Europa League.[7]

International career

Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent,[8] 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;[9][10] subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.[11]

Mano won the first of two caps for the under-21 side on 23 March 2007, featuring the second half in the 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia.[12]

References

External links

• Mano at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Mano at BDFutbol
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Mano – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mano – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Mano at Soccerway

На других языках

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- [en] Mano (footballer, born 1987)

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[it] Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes

Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes, meglio conosciuto come Mano (Lisbona, 9 aprile 1987), è un calciatore portoghese, difensore del Vitória Setúbal.

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