Christian Mendes

Christian Mendes Cavalcanti (born 23 December 1972) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC St. Margrethen.[2] He has also worked as a player-coach. He holds Austrian citizenship.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Cavalcanti.
Christian Mendes
Mendes in 2011
Personal information
Full name Christian Mendes Cavalcanti
Date of birth (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC St. Margrethen
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 FC Lustenau 07 110 (0)
2004–2005 FC Kreuzlingen 2 (0)
2005–2006 Chur 97 1 (0)
2006–2007 FC Höchst ? (?)
2007–2008 Austria Lustenau 20 (0)
2008–2009 FC Höchst ? (?)
2009–2012 Austria Lustenau 30 (0)
2012–2014 SC Röthis ? (?)
2015 Dornbirner SV ? (?)
2016 FC Singen 04 9 (0)
2016–2019 FC 08 Villingen 78 (0)
2019–2020 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen 19 (0)
2020–2021 FC Arbon 05
2021 VfB Bezau
2021– FC St. Margrethen
Teams managed
2015 SC Göfis
2016 FC Singen 04
2021 VfB Bezau
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Mendes played most of his career in the lower tiers of Austrian football, mainly in the province of Vorarlberg, beside stints in Switzerland and Germany. Most notably, he had two spells with Austria Lustenau and also worked for the club as a youth coach.[3]

After Mendes was dismissed as player-coach at VfB Bezau, he began playing for FC St. Margrethen in the summer of 2021 at the age of 48.[4] In October 2021, it was announced that Mendes would move to FC Hörbranz from January 2022.[5]

Managerial career

In January 2015, Mendes was appointed head coach of SC Göfis in the Vorarlbergliga; his first managerial job. He was dismissed in May 2015.[6]

In January 2016, he took over as head coach of FC Singen 04 in the German Verbandsliga Südbaden, functioning as a player-coach.[7] The club finished bottom of the league table in the 2015–16 season.[8]

Mendes became head coach of VfB Bezau on 3 May 2021.[9] He only coached the team through 5 matches in the Vorarlbergliga before being dismissed in August 2021.[10]

References
  1. "Christian Mendes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. "Mendes bei St.Margrethen vor Abflug". rheintal24.ch (in German). 27 October 2021.
  3. Alge, Dieter (27 September 2012). "Mendes nicht mehr bei Austria unter Vertrag". vol.at (in German).
  4. "St. Margrethen auch im Cup siegreich, Altstätten nicht". rheintaler.ch (in Swiss High German). 20 September 2021.
  5. "Mendes hütet im Frühjahr das Tor von FC Hörbranz". vol.at (in German). 28 October 2021.
  6. Knobel, Thomas (28 May 2015). "Mendes ist nicht mehr Göfis-Trainer". vol.at (in German).
  7. Jahns, Christin (23 May 2019). "Pokalfinale Südbaden: Villingen-Keeper träumt mit 46 vom Aufstieg in die Regionalliga". Sportbuzzer.de (in German).
  8. Rössler, Jürgen (28 November 2019). "Fußball: In der Nachspielzeit seiner Karriere erlebt Christian Mendes den nächsten Frühling. Am Samstag trifft der 46 Jahre alte Torhüter auf seinen Ex-Verein". SÜDKURIER Online (in German).
  9. "Christian Mendes übernimmt Trainerposten! | Wälderhaus VfB Bezau Vereinshomepage". vereine.oefb.at (in German). 3 May 2021.
  10. "Nach nur fünf Spielen: Bezau trennt sich von Mendes". vol.at (in German). 10 August 2021.
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