Mónica Mendes

Mónica Mendes
Personal information
Full name Mónica Soraia Amaral Mendes
Date of birth (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993
Place of birth Almeida, Portugal
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 FC Neunkirch
Number 3
Youth career
Beira-Mar de Almada
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 University of Texas at Brownsville
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 S.U. 1º Dezembro
2011–2012 D.C. United (Reserves)
2013–2014 Washington Spirit (Reserves)
2015 Apollon Limassol
2015 Vålerenga Fotball Damer 8 (0)
2016– FC Neunkirch
National team‡
2009–2012 Portugal U19 28 (2)
2012– Portugal 32 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2015

Mónica Mendes (born 16 June 1993) is a Portuguese football defender currently playing for FC Neunkirch in the Swiss Nationalliga A.

Club career

Mendes has played in her native Portugal for S.U. 1º Dezembro before moving to the United States, where she played in college for the University of Texas at Brownsville and in the USL W-League for the reserve teams of D.C. United / Washington Spirit.[1]

In August 2015, she played the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round for Cyprus club Apollon Limassol.[2] During the same month, shortly after the end of Apollon's Champions League campaign, Mendes was playing for Vålerenga Fotball in the Norwegian Toppserien.[3]

In February 2016, she signed with FC Neunkirch of the Swiss Nationalliga A.[4]

International career

Mendes has played for both Portugal women's national football team (senior) and the under-19 team.[5]

Honours

1º Dezembro

Winner

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". Washington Spirit. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Player profile". UEFA. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Monica Soraia Amaral Mendes - Toppserien stats". NFF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Player profile". FC Neunkirch (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Player national team profile". UEFA. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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