Mano (Portuguese footballer)

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)
Playing position 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 4 (0)
National team
2006 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U20 13 (0)
2007 Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2018

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.

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

In the 2009–10 campaign, Mano featured in 28 games but Belenenses finished as second from bottom in the Primeira Liga, dropping down to the second level.[2] In August 2010 he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain,[3] 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 0–3 away loss to Real Valladolid.[4]

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

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.[6][7] Subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.[8]

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 win over Slovakia.[9]

References

  1. ↑ V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 0–1 (Dady 10); Record, 4 February 2007 (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Benfica interessado em Mano (Benfica interested in Mano); Diário de Notícias, 23 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ El Villarreal B ficha al defensa portugués Mano (Villarreal B sign Portuguese defender Mano); Vavel, 24 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Valladolid abre el telón de Segunda con una goleada ante el Villarreal B (Valladolid open Segunda curtains with routing of Villarreal B); Marca, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Estoril: Hugo Leal e Mano são reforços (Estoril: Hugo Leal and Mano are additions); Mais Futebol, 5 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA, 12 July 2007
  7. ↑ Referee loses his red card Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.; SoccerBlog, 13 July 2007
  8. ↑ Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
  9. ↑ Sub-21: Portugal-Eslováquia, 2–0 (crónica) (Under-21: Portugal-Slovakia, 2–0 (match report); Mais Futebol, 23 March 2007 (in Portuguese)
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