Mónica Soraia Amaral Mendes (born 16 June 1993) is a retired

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defender who last played for

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in the

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

until the end of the 2023/2024 season. She is currently coaching the FC Sion Under 18 women's team.

Club career

Mendes has played in her native Portugal for

S.U. 1º Dezembro Sociedade União 1º Dezembro is a sports club from Sintra, Portugal. The football section of the club was founded on 6 April 1938, and the women's football section in 1995. The men's football team plays in the Liga 3. The women's football team ...

before moving to the

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, where she played in college for the

University of Texas at Brownsville The University of Texas at Brownsville (abbreviated as UTB and formerly known as the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College TB/TSC was an educational institution located in Brownsville, Texas. The university was on the l ...

and in the

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for the reserve teams of

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Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the USL W-League (1995� ...

. In August 2015, she played the

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide eight of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champio ...

for Cyprus club

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

. During the same month, shortly after the end of Apollon's Champions League campaign, Mendes was playing for

Vålerenga Fotball Vålerenga Fotball () is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Oslo, and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. The club currently competes in the Eliteserien after being promoted from the Norwegian First ...

in the Norwegian

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

. In February 2016, she signed with

FC Neunkirch FC Neunkirch is a Swiss women's association football club based in Neunkirch, a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen. From 2007 the club was promoted in several consecutive seasons, reaching the top division Nationalliga A in 2013. The clu ...

of the Swiss Nationalliga A.

International career

Mendes has played for both

Portugal women's national football team The Portugal women's national football team () represents Portugal in international Women's association football, women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA ...

(senior) and the under-19 team.

Honours

1º Dezembro *

Campeonato Nacional de Futebol 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 in Portugal, wome ...

: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

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* 1993 births Living people Footballers from Almada Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers College women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Toppserien players Apollon Ladies F.C. players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players FC Neunkirch players Women's Super League (Switzerland) players SSD Brescia Calcio Femminile players Women's association football defenders AC Milan Women players S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players Campeonato Nacional Feminino players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub