&sq=&lang=&file=File:Pedro_Mendes_2018.jpg) Mendes in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Vitória Guimarães | 82 | (7) |
| 1998–1999 | → Felgueiras (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Porto | 26 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Portsmouth | 58 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Rangers | 39 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Sporting CP | 18 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Vitória Guimarães | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 298 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2010 | Portugal | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu ˈmẽdɨʃ]; born 26 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as a football agent.
Starting his career with home town club Vitória de Guimarães, Mendes won the UEFA Champions League with Porto in the 2003–04 season. He then moved to the Premier League, initially with Tottenham Hotspur in 2004, where he famously scored a 45-yard ghost goal against Manchester United that was wrongly not given by the officials despite goalkeeper Roy Carroll having fumbled his catch and clawed the ball back from at least a yard behind the goal line.[1] He then moved to his second English club, Portsmouth, before a stint at Scottish Premier League side Rangers.
Mendes was capped twelve times by the Portugal national team and was a member of their squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ [1] Mendes goal disallowed. Archived 4 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine