Mano (footballer, born 1987)

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.

Mano
Mano lining up for Villarreal
Personal information
Full name Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-09) 9 April 1987[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) 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 66 (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 09:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

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 late in that month, when he came on as a late substitute in a 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 to the UEFA Europa League.[7]

International career

Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent,[8] 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;[9][10] subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.[11]

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 victory over Slovakia.[12]

References
  1. "Mano" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 0–1 (Dady 10); Record, 4 February 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. Benfica interessado em Mano (Benfica interested in Mano); Diário de Notícias, 23 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
  4. El Villarreal B ficha al defensa portugués Mano (Villarreal B sign Portuguese defender Mano); Vavel, 24 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. El Valladolid abre el telón de Segunda con una goleada ante el Villarreal B (Valladolid open Segunda curtains with rout of Villarreal B); Marca, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. Estoril: Hugo Leal e Mano são reforços (Estoril: Hugo Leal and Mano are additions); Mais Futebol, 5 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
  7. O melhor Estoril de sempre faz história em Alvalade (Best Estoril ever make history at Alvalade); Diário de Notícias, 11 May 2014 (in Portuguese)
  8. I Liga portuguesa com sete jogadores cabo-verdianos (I Portuguese League with seven Cape Verdean players); Expresso das Ilhas, 9 August 2019 (in Portuguese)
  9. Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA, 12 July 2007
  10. Referee loses his red card Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine; SoccerBlog, 13 July 2007
  11. Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months Archived 18 July 2009 at the Portuguese Web Archive; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
  12. 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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