Ahmad Mendes Moreira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Schiedam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | VVK '68 | ||
| 2004–2006 | SC Feyenoord | ||
| 2006–2011 | Excelsior '20 | ||
| 2011–2014 | Excelsior Maassluis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Excelsior Maassluis | 63 | (14) |
| 2016–2018 | Kozakken Boys | 63 | (21) |
| 2018–2019 | Groningen | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Telstar (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Excelsior Rotterdam | 63 | (14) |
| 2021–2023 | PAS Giannina | 57 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | AEL Limassol | 31 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Guinea | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Ahmad Mendes Moreira (born 27 June 1995) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger in the club PS Kalamata of the super league 2 . Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Guinea national team.
Club career
[edit]On 4 April 2018, Mendes Moreira signed a contract with effect from 1 July 2018 until mid-2019 with FC Groningen.[1][2][3] Previously, he had been playing for Kozakken Boys at amateur level.[4]
On 12 August 2018, he made his official debut as a substitute for FC Groningen in the Eredivisie away match against SBV Vitesse, which ended in a 5–1 defeat.[5]
He transferred to Excelsior Rotterdam in July 2019 on a two-year contract.[6]
In November 2019 Mendes Moreira was subjected to racism from opposition FC Den Bosch fans. FC Den Bosch initially tried to claim the sounds were their fans imitating crows, but later apologized for the claim.[7]
On 6 August 2021, he signed a contract with PAS Giannina.[8]
International career
[edit]Mendes Moreira was born in the Netherlands to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Guinean Loma mother.[9] He debuted for the Guinea national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Turkey on 31 May 2021.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nederland – A. Mendes Moreira – Profiel met nieuws, statistieken en geschiedenis – Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Mendes Moreira morgen gepresenteerd bij FC Groningen". voetbalrotterdam.nl. 3 April 2018.
- ^ Ahmad Mendes Moreira at WorldFootball.net
- ^ e spraken Ahmad Mendes Moreira over zijn stap van Kozakken Boys naar FC Groningenn vice.com
- ^ "Vitesse vs. FC Groningen – 12 augustus 2018 – Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ahmad Mendes Moreira tekent contract bij Excelsior". SBV Excelsior Officiële website. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Ahmad Mendes Moreira: Den Bosch apologise for 'crow sounds' statement". BBC Sport. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "WELCOME AHMAD MENDES MOREIRA". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021.
- ^ "'De nationale bond van Guinee heeft wel eens geïnformeerd'". 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Mendes Moreira debuteert en speelt gelijk tegen Kökçü en Dervisoglu". Voetbalzone. 31 May 2021.
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- Living people
- 1995 births
- Footballers from Schiedam
- Guinean men's footballers
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- Guinea men's international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
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- Excelsior Rotterdam players
- PAS Giannina F.C. players
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