Reinildo Mandava

Reinildo Isnard Mandava (born 21 January 1994) is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Mozambique national team.[2]

Reinildo Mandava
Mandava playing for Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name Reinildo Isnard Mandava
Date of birth (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994
Place of birth Beira, Mozambique
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ferroviário da Beira
2014–2015 GD Maputo
2015–2018 Benfica B 1 (0)
2017 → Fafe (loan) 16 (1)
2017–2018 → Sporting Covilhã (loan) 31 (4)
2018–2019 Belenenses SAD 16 (0)
2019 → Lille (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2022 Lille 63 (1)
2022– Atlético Madrid 13 (0)
National team‡
2014– Mozambique 31 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:05, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Beira, Mandava began his football career with Ferroviário da Beira and GD Maputo.[3] In December 2015, he signed for Portuguese club Benfica[4] and was assigned to their reserve team. In June 2017, he was loaned out to Sporting da Covilhã in LigaPro for one season.[5][6]

In 2018 he moved to Belenenses SAD,[7][8] and in January 2019 he moved to French club Lille on loan with a €3 million option to purchase the player at the end of the season.[9] On 31 May 2019, it was confirmed that Lille had completed the permanent purchase of Mandava.[10]

On 31 January 2022, Spanish club Atlético Madrid announced the transfer of Mandava on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[11]

International career

Mandava made his international debut for Mozambique in 2014.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mandava goal.[12][13]
List of international goals scored by Reinildo Mandava
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
120 June 2015Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique Seychelles2–05–12016 African Nations Championship qualification
24 July 2015Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Seychelles4–04–02016 African Nations Championship qualification

Honours

Lille

Mozambique

Individual

References
  1. "Página oficial del Atlético de Madrid". www.atleticodemadrid.com.
  2. Reinildo: Du Mozambique à Lille, le parcours atypique du joueur africatopsports.com
  3. "Reinildo Mandava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. "Reinildo no Benfica, Amâncio no Sporting em Lisboa" (in Portuguese). O País. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. O defesa-esquerdo moçambicano Reinildo, emprestado pelo Benfica por uma temporada. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese)
  6. Reinildo Mandava at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. Reinildo chega para a defesa A Bola (in Portuguese)
  8. Reinildo Mandava at ForaDeJogo
  9. LE LATÉRAL GAUCHE REINILDO MANDAVA PRÊTÉ AU LOSC, losc.fr, 31 January 2019
  10. Lille purchase Reinildo Mandava in €3m deal, getfootballnewsfrance.com, 31 May 2019
  11. "¡Bienvenido, Reinildo Mandava!" [Welcome, Reinildo Mandava!] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  12. "CHAN 2016: Nooij sacked after Tanazania [sic] lose to Uganda". bbc.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  13. "Four-star Mambas move on as Chipolopolo survive". cafonline.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  14. "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  15. "COSAFA Cup 2015 - Match Details". RSSSF.com.
  16. "Trophées UNFP : cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'équipe type" [Trophées UNFP : five Parisiens, two Lillois and two Lyonnais in the typical team]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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