Carolina Mendes


Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Sporting CP and the Portugal women's national football team.

Club career

She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship. She subsequently moved to Spain, where she player for UE L'Estartit and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in Spain's Primera División.
In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF for one year.

International career

Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at the 2007 Algarve Cup. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
In Portugal's 2–1 win over Scotland, Mendes scored the national team's first ever goal at a major international tournament finals. She scored again in the final group match against England, but Portugal lost 2–1 and were eliminated.

Titles

;S.U. 1º de Dezembro
;WFC Rossiyanka