Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a

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striker, who plays for Racing Power and the

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Club career

She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship. She subsequently moved to

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, where she played for

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and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in

's Primera División. In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for

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in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF for one year.

International career

Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with

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at the

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. She was named by

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Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for

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in the Netherlands. In Portugal's 2–1 win over

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, Mendes scored the national team's first-ever goal at major international tournament finals. She scored again in the final group match against

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, but Portugal lost 2–1 and was eliminated. On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the

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Honours

Braga *

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...

: 2021–22 1º de Dezembro *

Campeonato Nacional Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal and part of the various women's football competitions in ...

: 2010–11 *

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: 2010–11 Rossiyanka *

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: 2016

International goals

:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.''

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Carolina Mendes Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Racing Power and the Portugal women's national football team. Club career She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dez ...

WFC Rossiyanka players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden FIFA Women's Century Club CD Badajoz Femenino players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players S.C. Braga (women) players Portuguese expatriate women's footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen