Joseph Mendes

Joseph Mendes (born 30 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in France, Mendes represents the Guinea-Bissau national football team internationally.

For the sculptor, see Joseph Mendes da Costa.

Joseph Mendes
Mendes with Le Havre in 2015
Personal information
Full name Joseph Mendes[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991
Place of birth Évreux, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Grenoble 13 (1)
2011–2012 Épinal 22 (3)
2012–2013 Le Mans 20 (3)
2012–2013 Le Mans B 9 (4)
2014 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 7 (0)
2014 Luzenac 0 (0)
2014–2016 Le Havre 59 (11)
2015 Le Havre B 4 (1)
2016–2018 Reading 15 (3)
2018–2020 Ajaccio 32 (0)
2019–2020 Ajaccio B 5 (2)
2020– Chamois Niortais 7 (0)
National team‡
2019– Guinea-Bissau 6 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:47, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Évreux, Mendes began his career at Grenoble in Ligue 2. He made 14 total appearances in his only season, and scored his only goal on 17 December 2010, when he came on as an 84th-minute substitute for Yoric Ravet and wrapped up a 3–1 home win over Dijon.[2] In October 2011, he signed for Championnat National team Épinal.[3]

In 2012, Mendes returned to the second tier with Le Mans. He remained there until December 2013, when he signed an 18-month deal with Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A Football Group.[4] In June 2014, he returned to Ligue 2 with newly promoted club Luzenac AP,[5] who eventually were suspended from competition due to an inadequate stadium and released all of their professionals.[6] In August, he signed a three-year deal with Le Havre in the same competition.[7] He scored a career-best 9 goals in 2015–16, including two in a 3–1 win at Auxerre on 6 May 2016.[8]

On 8 July 2016, Mendes signed a two-year contract with Championship side Reading.[9] Mendes scored a brace, on his first start in a 3–1 away victory over Aston Villa on 15 April 2017.[10] He played only seven times in his second season,[11] and in May 2018 Reading decided against renewing his contract.[12]

On 2 July 2018, Mendes signed for Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio. He joined up again with Ghislain Gimbert, his former Le Havre strike partner.[11] Goalless across his entire first season, he scored his first goal for the Corsicans on 13 August 2019 in a 4–1 home win over Valenciennes in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue.[13]

In 2020, Mendes signed for Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais.

International career

Born in France to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Senegalese mother,[14] Mendes was first selected to the Guinea-Bissau national football team for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Namibia in November 2018.[15] He made his debut on 8 June 2019 in a friendly against Angola, as a starter,[16] and later that month was chosen for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, in which his team were eliminated from the group stage in Egypt.[17]

In September 2019, Mendes scored all of Guinea-Bissau's goals in a 3–1 aggregate win over São Tomé and Príncipe in the first round of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[18][19]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 July 2020[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grenoble 2010–11 Ligue 2 1512000–171
SAS Épinal 2011–12 Championnat National 22300––223
Le Mans 2012–13 Ligue 2 2032200–225
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2013–14 Parva Liga 7010––80
Le Havre 2014–15 Ligue 2 2221000–232
2015–16 3790010–389
Total 59111010006111
Reading 2016–17 Championship 123002020163
2017–18 300010–40
Total 153003020203
Ajaccio 2018–19 Ligue 2 2700020–290
2019–20 500021–71
Total 320004100361
Chamois Niortais 2020–21 Ligue 2 000000–00
Total 0000000000
Career total 1702162812018624

International goals
Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.[22]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2019Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.10 September 2019Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau1–12–1
3.2–1

References
  1. "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 34. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "LIGUE 2/ 18e JOURNÃ?E [sic]". Le Parisien (in French). 18 December 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. "Mendes, dernière recrue spinalienne" [Mendes, Épinal's latest recruit]. Vosges Matin (in French). 4 October 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. "Football. Le Mans FC : Joseph Mendes en Bulgarie" [Football. Le Mans FC: Joseph Mendes in Bulgaria] (in French). Ma Ville. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. "Joseph Mendes completes move to Luzenac". Get French Football News. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. "Luzenac wrongly prevented from being promoted to Ligue 2 in 2014, court decides". Get French Football News. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. "Joseph Mendes joins Le Havre". Get French Football News. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "Ligue 2. Le Havre s'impose à Auxerre, Laval obtient son maintien" [Ligue 2. Le Havre impose themselves on Auxerre, Laval achieve their survival] (in French). Ma Ville. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. "Mendes becomes latest Royals recruit". Reading F.C. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  10. "Aston Villa 1-3 Reading". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. "Joseph Mendes signe à Ajaccio" [Joseph Mendes signs for Ajaccio]. L'Équipe (in French). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  12. "Reading FC Confirm Quinn and Mendes Exit, Jaakkola Offered New Deal". SB Nation.
  13. "L'ACA séduisant domine Valenciennes (4-1)" [Seductive ACA dominate Valenciennes (4–1)] (in French). Corse Net Infos. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  14. "Joseph Mendès : " J'ai hâte de marquer ! "" [Joseph Mendès: "I look forward to scoring!"]. Ma Ville.
  15. "DJURTUS: LISTA DE CONVOCADOS PARA O JOGO COM MOÇAMBIQUE EM BISSAU" [Djurtus: List of call-ups for the game with Mozambique in Bissau] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu.
  16. "Angola v Guinea-Bissau game report". National Football Teams. 8 June 2019.
  17. "FACTBOX-Soccer-Profile on Guinea Bissau team for 2019 African Cup of Nations". Reuters. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  18. "Guinea Bissau win 1–0 in Sao Tome". African Football. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  19. "Guiné Bissau afasta São Tomé e Príncipe e vai à fase de grupos" [Guinea-Bissau knock out São Tomé and Príncipe and advance to group phase] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  20. "J.Mendes". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  21. "Joseph MENDES". ligue1.com. Ligue 1. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  22. "Joseph Mendes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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