Ryan Mendes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is da Graça.
Ryan Mendes
Personal information
Full name Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça
Date of birth (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990
Place of birth Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 20
Youth career
Batuque FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Le Havre 84 (19)
2012– Lille 54 (7)
2015–2016 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 32 (2)
National team‡
2006 Cape Verde U-16 9 (2)
2007 Cape Verde U-21 8 (1)
2010– Cape Verde 19 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2014

Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (born 8 January 1990 in Mindelo, São Vicente) is a Cape Verdean football winger who plays for Lille.

Career

Mendes began his career with Batuque FC and in 2008 was sold to Le Havre AC,[2] with whom he played his first game in Ligue 1 on 13 May 2009 against AS Saint-Étienne.[3]

He was monitored by Leicester City scout Steve Walsh, who instead signed teammate Riyad Mahrez to the club.[4]

On 4 September 2015, he joined English side Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan.[5] On 24 September 2015 he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Huddersfield Town.[6]

International career

He is also member of the Cape Verde U-21 national team[7] and played formerly with the U-16 on an International Tournament for Under-16 years old players in Gonfreville-L'Orcher.

Career statistics

As of 9 May 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Havre 2008–09 Ligue 1 100000—10
2009–10 Ligue 2 1400010—150
2010–11 Ligue 2 3240020—344
2011–12 Ligue 2 34132122—3816
2012–13 Ligue 2 320000—32
Total 84 19 2 1 5 2 — 91 22
Lille 2012–13 Ligue 1 92000030122
2013–14 Ligue 1 1633000—193
2014–15 Ligue 1 1920020101313
2015–16 Ligue 1 300000—30
Total 47 7 3 0 2 0 13 1 65 8
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2015–16 Championship 3220000—322
Career total 16328517213118832

    International goals

    Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[8]
    # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
    1. 8 October 2011 Estádio da Várzea, Praia  Zimbabwe 2–0 2–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
    2. 29 February 2012 Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo  Madagascar 1–0 4–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
    3. 16 June 2012 Estádio da Várzea, Praia  Madagascar 1–0 3–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
    4. 3–0

    References

    1. ↑ La fiche de Ryan Mendes Da Graca. Football – L'Equipe.fr
    2. ↑ Mendes, le but de sa vie
    3. ↑ "Ryan Mendes Da Graca" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
    4. ↑ "Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez not target of original scouting mission says head of recruitment". Leicester Mercury. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
    5. ↑ "Nelson Oliveira and Ryan Mendes join Nottingham Forest on loan". BBC Sport. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
    6. ↑ "Huddersfield 1–1 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
    7. ↑ Criolosports.com: Ryan Mendes estreia-se no Le Havre
    8. 1 2 Profile at Footballdatabase


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