Milton Mendes (born 25 April 1965) is a Brazilian

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and a former player who played mainly as a

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. He spent the better part of his 18-year professional career in

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, representing nine and amassing

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totals of 87 games and three goals over the course of five seasons. In 2002, he became a manager.

Playing career

Born in

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, Santa Catarina, Mendes joined

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Va ...

in 1984, after starting his career with Santa Catarina Clube. After a loan at

Criciúma Esporte Clube Criciúma Esporte Clube is a Brazilian professional club based in Criciúma, Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina founded on 13 May 1947. Criciúma is the most successful team from Santa Catarina, having won the 1991 Copa do Brasil, the 2002 ...

in 1986, he moved abroad for the first time in his career in the 1987 summer, joining Portuguese club

Louletano DC Louletano Desportos Clube is a Portuguese club from Loulé, founded on 6 June 1923. The association football team currently play in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese fourth level), D series. The club plays at the Estádio Algarve, ...

. After featuring regularly for the

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team, Mendes signed for

side

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Ave ...

in June 1991. He made his competitive debut for the latter on 24 August, starting in a 2–3 away loss against

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Estádio do Bessa. It is one of the oldest clubs ...

. Mendes moved to

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

in 1992, also in the main division. The following year he joined fellow league team

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989–90 Primeira D ...

, partnering a host of compatriots and suffering relegation in 1995. In 1996, Mendes signed for S.C. Espinho in the top flight, and contributed with 12 appearances and two goals in his first and only season. He subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing

A.D. Camacha Associação Desportiva da Camacha, known as A.D. Camacha, is a Portuguese football club from Santa Cruz, Madeira. Founded in 1978, they play in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal. They play their home games in Campo Muni ...

, A.C.D. São Vicente,

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and A.D. Machico, retiring with the latter in 2002 at the age of 37.

Managerial career

The Uefa Pro Coach immediately after retiring, Mendes started working as a manager, with his last club Machico. In 2006, he was appointed at lowly F.C. do Bom Sucesso also in the island of

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; in the following year, he was named

Sebastião Lazaroni Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni, (born 25 September 1950) is a Brazilian football manager who last coached Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC. He was born in Muriaé, Minas Gerais state. He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to intro ...

's assistant at

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

. Mendes also followed Lazaroni to Qatar, being his assistant at

Qatar SC Qatar Sports Club () is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour. They ...

. He left the club in 2012, being subsequently in charge of

Al-Shahania Sports Club Al Shahaniya Sports Club (), is a Qatari sports club based in Al-Shahaniya, a town 20 km from the capital Doha. Founded in 1998, the most prominent team of the club is the football team which plays in the Qatari Stars League. The club's hom ...

in the same country. On 13 December 2013, Mendes signed for

Paraná Clube Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 ...

. He was sacked on 24 March 2014, and joined

Associação Ferroviária de Esportes Associação Ferroviária de Esportes, commonly referred to as simply Ferroviária, is a Brazilian association football club in Araraquara, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the ...

on 4 October. On 20 April 2015, after being crowned champion of the

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, Mendes was appointed manager of

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded ...

, replacing fired

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. He was fired on 28 September, after suffering four consecutive defeats. In October 2015, Mendes signed a contract with

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of Japan's

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, but led the club for only three games before resigning next March for personal reasons. Later that month, Mendes was named at the helm of

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco stat ...

in his country's top flight, but resigned on 9 August. On 20 March 2017, Mendes was presented at

. He was relieved from his duties on 21 August. On 26 September 2018, after more than one year of inactivity, Mendes was named

Sport Club do Recife Sport Club do Recife (), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of football i ...

manager. He was not offered a new contract in December by the club's new president. Mendes returned to Santa Cruz in May 2019. He lost his job on 9 August, when the team were second from bottom. The following month, he was hired at

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outfit

Esporte Clube São Bento Esporte Clube São Bento, commonly referred to as São Bento, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Sorocaba, São Paulo. They currently compete in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second division of the São Paul ...

, but resigned from the last-placed team in November due to criminal allegations. The case against him was dropped in February 2020. Mendes returned to Marítimo in August 2020 to lead their under-23 team. In December, following the dismissal of

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, he took over the first team. On his debut on 4 December, the team lost 2–1 at

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. On 5 March 2021, he resigned having won 5 of 17 games for the bottom-placed team.

Managerial statistics

Honours

;Ferroviária *

: 2015 ;Santa Cruz *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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