Chimba (footballer, born 1983)
Brazilian footballer
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Luciano Pereira Mendes (born 15 October 1983), also known as Chimba,[1] is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Persian Gulf Pro League club Foolad.
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Chimba with Foolad in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luciano Pereira Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | São Félix do Coribe, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2008 | Dom Pedro | ||
| 2008 | Costa Rica Esporte Clube | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Dom Pedro | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | → Luziânia (loan) | 2 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → Brasiliense (loan) | 26 | (11) |
| 2010 | → Botafogo (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2010 | → América de Natal (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | União São João | 9 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Linense | 14 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Foolad | 54 | (21) |
| 2014–2016 | Sepahan | 39 | (15) |
| 2016–2017 | Gostaresh Foulad | 28 | (10) |
| 2017–2018 | Sanat Naft | 29 | (12) |
| 2018–2022 | Foolad | 115 | (37) |
| 2022–2024 | Mes Rafsanjan | 35 | (8) |
| 2024–2025 | Foolad | 30 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024 | |||
Career
Foolad
After spending the previous season at Clube Atlético Linense, Chimba transferred to Foolad in the Iranian Premier League in summer 2012.[2] In the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, he helped Foolad win the championship by scoring nine league goals. He also scored six goals in the 2014 AFC Champions League.
Sepahan
On 3 July 2014, Chimba agreed on a two-year contract with Sepahan for $2 million. He officially signed his contract on 4 July and was presented to the fans. He played his first game for Sepahan in their 2–0 win over Paykan. He scored his first goal for Sepahan in the next match, against Gostaresh which he scored the second goal in 2–0 win.
Return to Foolad
On 18 June 2019, Chimba returned to his former club Foolad on a one-year contract.[3] In the first season of his presence in this team, he became the top goal scorer of 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League together with Kiros Stanlley. Subsequently, He extended his contract and became the best goal scorer in the history of Foolad and the best foreign goal scorer in the history of the Iran Pro League.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Career statistics
- As of 18 March 2022
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Foolad | 2012–13 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 13 |
| 2013–14 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 15 | ||
| Sepahan | 2014–15 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 |
| 2015–16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Gostaresh | 2016–17 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 10 | |
| Sanat Naft | 2017–18 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | – | 26 | 14 | |
| Foolad | 2018–19 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | 30 | 17 | |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 12 | ||
| 2021–22 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 252 | 94 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 283 | 117 | ||
