Mano (footballer, born 1987)

Mano

File:Mano Villarreal.jpg 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
Position(s)	Right-back
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)
2018–2022	Vitória Setúbal	76	(0)
International career
2006	Portugal U19	6	(0)
2006–2007	Portugal U20	13	(0)
2007	Portugal U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:07, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays 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.

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. In August 2010 he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain, 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 later that month, when he came on as a late substitute in the 3–0 away loss to Real Valladolid.

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. He appeared in 27 games in his second season, helping to a best ever fourth-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Europa League.

Mano joined Vitória Setúbal in June 2018, on a two-year deal.

International career

Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent, 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 (1–0), 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; subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.

Mano won the first of two caps for the under-21 side on 23 March 2007, featuring the second half of a 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia.

External links

• Mano profile at ForaDeJogo
• Mano profile at BDFutbol
• Mano national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation
• Mano – FIFA competition record
• Mano – UEFA competition record
• Mano at Soccerway

• V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 0–1 (Dady 10); Record, 4 February 2007 (in Portuguese)
• Benfica interessado em Mano (Benfica interested in Mano); Diário de Notícias, 23 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
• El Villarreal B ficha al defensa portugués Mano (Villarreal B sign Portuguese defender Mano); Vavel, 24 August 2010 (in Spanish)
• 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)
• Estoril: Hugo Leal e Mano são reforços (Estoril: Hugo Leal and Mano are additions); Mais Futebol, 5 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
• O melhor Estoril de sempre faz história em Alvalade (Best Estoril ever make history at Alvalade); Diário de Notícias, 11 May 2014 (in Portuguese)
• V. Setúbal anuncia contratação de Mano (V. Setúbal announce signing of Mano); O Jogo, 26 June 2018 (in Portuguese)
• I Liga portuguesa com sete jogadores cabo-verdianos (I Portuguese League with seven Cape Verdean players); Expresso das Ilhas, 9 August 2019 (in Portuguese)
• Sub-20: Antunes e filho de emigrantes nos pré-convocados para o Mundial (Under-20: Antunes and son of immigrants in World Cup pre-selection); Mais Futebol, 11 June 2007 (in Portuguese)
• Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA, 12 July 2007
• Referee loses his red card Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Soccer Blog, 13 July 2007
• Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months Archived 18 July 2009 at the Portuguese Web Archive; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
• Sub-21: Portugal-Eslováquia, 2–0 (crónica) (Under-21: Portugal-Slovakia, 2–0 (match report)); Mais Futebol, 23 March 2007 (in Portuguese)