João Pedro Mingote Ribeiro (born 2 August 1980), known as Mingote, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a concelho, municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Aveiro District Aveiro District (, ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Porto District to the north, ...

, Mingote's professional input in his homeland consisted of 66 Segunda Liga games over the course of five seasons, with

Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, was a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it last played in the Division of Honour i ...

and

A.D. Ovarense Associação Desportiva Ovarense commonly known as simply as Ovarense is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Ovar, Aveiro District, Aveiro. The club was founded on 19 December 1921. It currently plays at the Estádio Marques da S ...

. In 2004–05, he played understudy to Sérgio Leite as the latter club finished in 12th position. During the 2008 January

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, Mingote left for Romania – where he would remain the following decade – and signed with

CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu Clubul Sportiv Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (), commonly known as Pandurii Târgu Jiu or simply Pandurii, was a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, which last competed in the Liga ...

from lower league side A.D. Lousada. In the 2012–13 campaign, he contributed with 26 games to help the former team to a best-ever second place in

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. Mingote left the

Stadionul Municipal Stadionul Municipal may refer to several sports stadiums: Moldova * Stadionul Municipal (Hîncești), a football stadium * Stadionul Municipal (Tiraspol), a multi-use stadium Romania * Stadionul Municipal (Alexandria), a multi-use stadium, home ...

in the summer of 2016, going on to represent

ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș, commonly known as ASA Târgu Mureș or simply as Târgu Mureș, was a Romanian professional football club based in Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, which last played in the Liga II. During its short ...

and

CS Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County. It competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian league ...

.Mingote a semnat cu ASA Târgu Mureş, după opt ani petrecuţi la Pandurii (Mingote has signed with ASA Târgu Mureş, after eight years with Pandurii)
Digi Sport, 5 September 2016 (in Romanian)

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