Milton Mendes (born 25 April 1965) is a Brazilian footballcoach and a former player who played mainly as a right back.
He spent the better part of his 18-year professional career in Portugal, representing nine and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 87 games and three goals over the course of five seasons. In 2002, he became a manager.
After featuring regularly for the Algarve team, Mendes signed for Primeira Liga side S.C. Beira-Mar in June 1991. He made his competitive debut for the latter on 24 August, starting in a 2–3 away loss against Boavista FC.
In 1996, Mendes signed for S.C. Espinho in the top flight, and contributed with 12 appearances and two goals in his first and only season. He subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing A.D. Camacha, A.C.D. São Vicente, C.S.D. Câmara de Lobos and A.D. Machico, retiring with the latter in 2002 at the age of 37.
Managerial career
The Uefa Pro Coach immediately after retiring, Mendes started working as a manager, with his last club Machico. In 2006, he was appointed at lowly F.C. do Bom Sucesso also in the island of Madeira; in the following year, he was named Sebastião Lazaroni's assistant at C.S. Marítimo.
Mendes also followed Lazaroni to Qatar, being his assistant at Qatar SC.[3] He left the club in 2012, being subsequently in charge of Al-Shahania Sports Club in the same country.[4]
In October 2015, Mendes signed a contract with Kashiwa Reysol of Japan's J1 League, but led the club for only three games before resigning next March for personal reasons.[10] Later that month, Mendes was named at the helm of Santa Cruz Futebol Clube in his country's top flight,[11] but resigned on 9 August.[12]
On 20 March 2017, Mendes was presented at CR Vasco da Gama.[13] He was relieved from his duties on 21 August.[14]
On 26 September 2018, after more than one year of inactivity, Mendes was named Sport Club do Recife manager.[15] He was not offered a new contract in December by the club's new president.[16]
Mendes returned to Santa Cruz in May 2019.[17] He lost his job on 9 August, when the team were second from bottom.[18] The following month, he was hired at Campeonato Brasileiro Série B outfit Esporte Clube São Bento, but resigned from the last-placed team in November due to criminal allegations.[19] The case against him was dropped in February 2020.[20]
Mendes returned to Marítimo in August 2020 to lead their under-23 team.[21] In December, following the dismissal of Lito Vidigal, he took over the first team. On his debut on 4 December, the team lost 2–1 at S.C. Farense.[22] On 5 March 2021, he resigned having won 5 of 17 games for the bottom-placed team.[23][24]
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^"Milton Mendes – Técnico" [Milton Mendes – Manager] (in Portuguese). Associação Ferroviária. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^"O susto de Milton Mendes no Qatar" [The scare of Milton Mendes in Qatar] (in Portuguese). Conexão Gontijo. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^Caires, Raul (8 March 2021). "Milton Mendes de saída do Marítimo" [Milton Mendes exits Marítimo]. JM Madeira (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 March 2021.