Mano (footballer, born 1987)

Mano
	Mano lining up for Villarreal
Personal information
Full name	Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes
Date of birth	9 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1996–2003	Almada
2003–2004	Corroios
2004–2006	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	Belenenses
2010–2012	Villarreal B
2012	Levadiakos
2012–2018	Estoril
2018–2022	Vitória Setúbal
International career
2006	Portugal U19
2006–2007	Portugal U20
2007	Portugal U21
	*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.^[2] 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.^[3] In August 2010 he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain,^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] He appeared in 27 games in his second season, helping to a best ever fourth-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Europa League.^[7]

Mano joined Vitória Setúbal in June 2018, on a two-year deal.^[8]

International career

Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent,^[9] Mano represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup,^[10] 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;^[11]^[12] subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.^[13]

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.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mano" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ 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)

External links

Mano at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Mano at BDFutbol
Mano national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Mano – FIFA competition record (archived)
Mano – UEFA competition record (archive)
Mano at Soccerway