Christian Mendes
![]() Mendes in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Mendes Cavalcanti | ||
Date of birth | 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 |
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.
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[]
- ^ "Christian Mendes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Mendes bei St.Margrethen vor Abflug". rheintal24.ch (in German). 27 October 2021.
- ^ Alge, Dieter (27 September 2012). "Mendes nicht mehr bei Austria unter Vertrag". vol.at (in German).
- ^ "St. Margrethen auch im Cup siegreich, Altstätten nicht". rheintaler.ch (in Swiss High German). 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Mendes hütet im Frühjahr das Tor von FC Hörbranz". vol.at (in German). 28 October 2021.
- ^ Knobel, Thomas (28 May 2015). "Mendes ist nicht mehr Göfis-Trainer". vol.at (in German).
- ^ Jahns, Christin (23 May 2019). "Pokalfinale Südbaden: Villingen-Keeper träumt mit 46 vom Aufstieg in die Regionalliga". Sportbuzzer.de (in German).
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Christian Mendes übernimmt Trainerposten! | Wälderhaus VfB Bezau Vereinshomepage". vereine.oefb.at (in German). 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Nach nur fünf Spielen: Bezau trennt sich von Mendes". vol.at (in German). 10 August 2021.
External links[]
- Christian Mendes at WorldFootball.net
- Guardian's Stats Centre at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-08-17)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- FC Lustenau players
- FC Kreuzlingen players
- FC Chur 97 players
- FC 08 Villingen players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Oberliga (football) players
- Landesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Brazilian football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Austria
- Expatriate football managers in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate football managers