Nuno Alexandre Pereira Mendes[a] (born 7 April 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who could play in defence and midfield.
Mendes spent three seasons in Liga de Honra, playing for Aves, Felgueiras and Chaves respectively before moving to France to join Division 1 club Strasbourg in 2000.
He returned to Portugal a year later to play for União Leiria, managed by José Mourinho, before spending a brief period with Braga in 2002.
A year later, Mendes played in England for Championship club Plymouth Argyle before returning to France with Créteil of Ligue 2.
[A] Mendes had his contract with Vitória Guimarães terminated in June 1999, allowing him to sign a two-year deal with Chaves.
[16] He found first team opportunities limited during the 2000–01 season, making six more league appearances as the club were relegated to Division 2.
[19][20] Mendes returned to Portugal ahead of the 2001–02 season, joining Primeira Liga club União Leiria on a season-long loan.
[23] Mendes played regularly under the management of José Mourinho prior to his departure to Porto,[24] but fell out of favour under his replacement, Vítor Pontes.
He made 16 league appearances for Leiria, helping the club finish 7th in the Primeira Liga,[2][25] before returning to Strasbourg.
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[38] After his contract with Santa Clara expired, he joined English Championship club Plymouth Argyle on their pre-season tour of Sweden in July 2005.
[43] He made two more appearances, including one in a 2–1 League Cup win against Peterborough United,[44] before losing his place in the squad when Bobby Williamson was replaced by Tony Pulis as manager.
[3][45] He had a trial with Major League Soccer club New York Metrostars in January 2006 before his contract with Plymouth Argyle was cancelled by mutual consent.
[51] A month later, he returned to Portugal where he signed a short-term contract with Liga de Honra club Penafiel.
[61] He scored four goals in 12 appearances for the club, but Moreirense were unable to gain promotion back to Liga de Honra, finishing 2nd, three points behind Chaves.
[69] Having lost his place in the team during the 2010–11 season – making one league appearance – Mendes left Gondomar at the end of the campaign and subsequently retired from playing.