Mano (footballer, born 1987)
Portuguese footballer
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Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.
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Mano lining up for Villarreal | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| 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) |
| 2018–2022 | Vitória Setúbal | 76 | (0) |
| Total | 285 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 later that month, when he came on as a late substitute in the 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 for the UEFA Europa League.[7]
Mano joined Vitória Setúbal in June 2018, on a two-year deal.[8]
International career
Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent,[9] Mano represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[10] also appearing in other minor tournaments. In the competition held in Canada, in the round-of-16 defeat against Chile (1–0), 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;[11][12] subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.[13]
Mano won the first of two caps for the under-21 side on 23 March 2007, featuring the second half of a 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia.[14]
