Virgílio Marques Mendes (17 November 1926 – 24 April 2009) was a Portuguese professional footballer, noticed as a leading figure of FC Porto and the Portugal national team during the 1950s.
[1] He won the national Primeira Divisão championship title twice with FC Porto, in the 1955–56 and 1958–59 seasons.
For the national team, Virgílio debuted in a friendly 1–4 loss to Italy on 27 February 1949, in a game that earned him the nickname of "O Leão de Génova" (The Lion of Genoa), for whom he would be known for the rest of his career.
He coached FC Porto for a brief period in 1966 as a caretaker, when he succeeded Flávio Costa in his second stint with the club.
He also managed SC Mirandela in the 1979–80 season, leading the team to the first place of the Terceira Divisão – Série A.