Nilton Pereira Mendes or simply Mendes (January 7, 1976 – September 18, 2006) was a Brazilian professional footballer. He was born in Governador Valadares.
Death Mendes collapsed on the pitch during a training match for his club FC Shakhter Karagandy and died on the way to the hospital at Karagandy.МЫ остались без Мендеса… , Наш спорт, September 19, 2006
Honours Club Irtysh Kazakhstan Premier League winner (1): 1999. Kazakhstan Premier League bronze (1): 2000.
Astana-1964 Kazakhstan Premier League bronze (1): 2003. Kazakhstan Cup winner (2): 2002, 2005 Kazakhstan Cup runner-up (1): 2001
Individual Kazakhstan Premier League top scorer: 2000 (21 goals). Kazakhstan Premier League best foreign player: 2002.
See also
List of association footballers who died while playing
References