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
 Estoril
Number 12
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– Estoril 77 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Portugal U20 12 (0)
2007 Portugal U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.


Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia 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. He had to wait until the 2008–09 season to become an important member of the main squad.

In the 2009–10 campaign, Mano appeared in a career-best 28 games but Belenenses finished as second from bottom in the Primeira Liga, dropping down to the second level. In July 2010, he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain, appearing in 31 Segunda División games in his first year (27 starts) as the Valencians retained their league status.

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.[1][2] Subsequently both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA.com, 12 July 2007
  2. ↑ Referee loses his red card; SoccerBlog, 13 July 2007
  3. ↑ Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
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