Christian Mendes

Christian Mendes Cavalcanti (born 23 December 1972) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vorarlbergliga club FC Hörbranz. He has also worked as a player-coach. He holds Austrian citizenship.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Cavalcanti.
Christian Mendes
Mendes in 2011
Personal information
Full name Christian Mendes Cavalcanti
Date of birth (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FC Hörbranz
Number 1
Youth career
Palestra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 São Caetano 80 (0)
1999–2004 FC Lustenau 07 175 (2)
2004–2005 FC Kreuzlingen 35 (0)
2005–2006 Chur 97 28 (0)
2006–2007 FC Höchst 35 (0)
2007–2008 Austria Lustenau 31 (0)
2008–2009 FC Höchst 33 (0)
2009–2014 Austria Lustenau 147 (0)
2014–2015 SC Röthis 50 (0)
2015 DSV Dornbirn 17 (0)
2016–2019 FC 08 Villingen 78 (0)
2019–2020 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen 19 (0)
2020–2021 FC Arbon 05
2021 VfB Bezau 0 (0)
2021 FC St. Margrethen
2022– FC Hörbranz 31 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Austria Lustenau II
2011 SC Göfis
2016 FC Singen
2021 VfB Bezau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:32, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Playing career

Mendes started his football career in his native Brazil, playing for Palestra and São Caetano.[2] He then moved to Austria, where he 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][5] In October 2021, it was announced that Mendes would move to FC Hörbranz from January 2022.[6] He made his debut for Hörbranz on 19 March 2022, starting in a 1–0 loss to SK Meiningen.[7][8]

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.[9]

In January 2016, he took over as head coach of FC Singen 04 in the German Verbandsliga Südbaden, functioning as a player-coach.[10] The club finished bottom of the league table in the 2015–16 season.[11]

Mendes became head coach of VfB Bezau on 3 May 2021.[12] He only coached the team through five matches in the Vorarlbergliga before being dismissed in August 2021.[13]

References
  1. "Christian Mendes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. "Christian Mendes: Mit fast 46 Jahren träumt er noch von der Regionalliga!". FC 08 Villingen e.V. (in German). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. Alge, Dieter (27 September 2012). "Mendes nicht mehr bei Austria unter Vertrag". vol.at (in German).
  4. "Mendes bei St.Margrethen vor Abflug". rheintal24.ch (in German). 27 October 2021.
  5. "St. Margrethen auch im Cup siegreich, Altstätten nicht". rheintaler.ch (in Swiss High German). 20 September 2021.
  6. "Mendes hütet im Frühjahr das Tor von FC Hörbranz". vol.at (in German). 28 October 2021.
  7. "SK Meiningen : Eco-Park FC Hörbranz – 1:0 (1:0)". ÖFB. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. "SK Meiningen – Eco-Park FC Hörbranz". ÖFB (in German). Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. Knobel, Thomas (28 May 2015). "Mendes ist nicht mehr Göfis-Trainer". vol.at (in German).
  10. Jahns, Christin (23 May 2019). "Pokalfinale Südbaden: Villingen-Keeper träumt mit 46 vom Aufstieg in die Regionalliga". Sportbuzzer.de (in German).
  11. 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).
  12. "Christian Mendes übernimmt Trainerposten! | Wälderhaus VfB Bezau Vereinshomepage". vereine.oefb.at (in German). 3 May 2021.
  13. "Nach nur fünf Spielen: Bezau trennt sich von Mendes". vol.at (in German). 10 August 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.