Carolina Mendes

Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for SC Braga and the Portugal women's national football team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Coruche and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.
Carolina Mendes
Personal information
Full name Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes
Date of birth (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987
Place of birth Estremoz, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Team information
Current team
 SC Braga
Number 18
Youth career
Electrico Futebol Club
Desportalegre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Ponte Frielas
2009–2011 1º de Dezembro
2011–2012 L'Estartit (2)
2012–2013 Llanos de Olivenza 29 (4)
2013–2014 Riviera di Romagna 21 (7)
2014–2016 Rossiyanka 27 (5)
2016 Djurgården 14 (3)
2017 Grindavík 17 (3)
2017–2018 Atalanta Mozzanica 16 (5)
2018–2021 Sporting CP 53 (25)
2021– SC Braga 28 (8)
International career‡
2004–2006 Portugal U19 21 (15)
2007– Portugal 116 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022

Club career

She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship.[2] She subsequently moved to Spain, where she played for UE L'Estartit[3] and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in Spain's Primera División.[4]

In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF for one year.[5]

International career

Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at the 2007 Algarve Cup. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

In Portugal's 2–1 win over Scotland, Mendes scored the national team's first-ever goal at major international tournament finals.[6] She scored again in the final group match against England, but Portugal lost 2–1 and was eliminated.[7]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[8]

Honours

Braga

1º de Dezembro

Rossiyanka

International goals
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 March 2012Estádio Municipal, Parchal, Portugal Hungary2–04–02012 Algarve Cup
2.12 February 2014Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal Albania1–07–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.3–0
4.5–1
5.7 March 2014Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal Russia1–01–32014 Algarve Cup
6.23 July 2017Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands Scotland1–02–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017
7.27 July 2017Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands England1–11–2
8.28 February 2018Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal China1–12–12018 Algarve Cup
9.6 October 2018Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China Thailand2–14–12018 Yongchuan International Tournament
10.3–1
11.4–1
12.6 March 2019Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal Iceland1–21–42019 Algarve Cup
13.25 November 2021Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal Israel1–04–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.2–0
15.3–0
16.16 February 2022Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal Norway2–02–02022 Algarve Cup

References
  1. "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. Profile in Ceroacero.es
  3. Carolina Mendes and Raquel Infante will play in Spain Record
  4. SP Los Llanos de Olivenza will play next year with new signings. Hoy Olivenza
  5. Profile in Soccerway
  6. "Carolina Mendes partilha "imortalidade" com toda a selecção feminina" (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. "England progress to quarter-final with France after seeing off Portugal in final Euro 2017 group game". The Independent. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  8. updated, Mark White last (2023-06-07). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.


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