Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes (born 9 April 1987), known as Mano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.
Club career A product of C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system, Lisbon-born Mano first appeared with the first team on 4 February 2007 in a 1–0 away win against Vitória de Setúbal.V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 0–1 (Dady 10) ; Record, 4 February 2007 (in Portuguese) He had to wait until the 2008–09 season to become an important member of the main squad.
Mano featured in 28 games in the 2009–10 campaign but Belenenses finished as second-bottom in the Primeira Liga, dropping down to the Segunda Liga.Benfica interessado em Mano (Benfica interested in Mano); Diário de Notícias, 23 April 2010 (in Portuguese) In August 2010 he moved to Villarreal CF B in Spain,El Villarreal B ficha al defensa portugués Mano (Villarreal B sign Portuguese defender Mano); Vavel, 24 August 2010 (in Spanish) playing 31 Segunda División matches in his first year (27 starts) as the Valencians retained their league status; his debut in the latter competition took place later that month, when he came on as a late substitute in the 3–0 away loss to Real Valladolid.El Valladolid abre el telón de Segunda con una goleada ante el Villarreal B (Valladolid open Segunda curtains with rout of Villarreal B); Marca, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish)
On 5 June 2012, following a brief spell in the Super League Greece with Levadiakos FC, Mano returned to Portugal and signed a two-year contract with G.D. Estoril Praia.Estoril: Hugo Leal e Mano são reforços (Estoril: Hugo Leal and Mano are additions); Mais Futebol, 5 June 2012 (in Portuguese) He appeared in 27 games in his second season, helping to a best ever fourth-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Europa League.O melhor Estoril de sempre faz história em Alvalade (Best Estoril ever make history at Alvalade); Diário de Notícias, 11 May 2014 (in Portuguese)
Mano joined Vitória Setúbal in June 2018, on a two-year deal.V. Setúbal anuncia contratação de Mano (V. Setúbal announce signing of Mano); O Jogo, 26 June 2018 (in Portuguese)
International career Born in Portugal of Cape Verdean descent,I Liga portuguesa com sete jogadores cabo-verdianos (I Portuguese League with seven Cape Verdean players); Expresso das Ilhas, 9 August 2019 (in Portuguese) Mano represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup,Sub-20: Antunes e filho de emigrantes nos pré-convocados para o Mundial (Under-20: Antunes and son of immigrants in World Cup pre-selection); Mais Futebol, 11 June 2007 (in Portuguese) also appearing in other minor tournaments. In the competition held in Canada, in the round-of-16 defeat against Chile (1–0), he was going to be sent off by referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh for a foul when teammate Zequinha stripped the judge of his red card, receiving his marching orders as well;Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA, 12 July 2007Referee loses his red card ; Soccer Blog, 13 July 2007 subsequently, both players were suspended from international football, Mano for three months.Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months ; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
Mano won the first of two caps for the under-21 side on 23 March 2007, featuring the second half of a 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia.Sub-21: Portugal-Eslováquia, 2–0 (crónica) (Under-21: Portugal-Slovakia, 2–0 (match report)); Mais Futebol, 23 March 2007 (in Portuguese)
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