Sandro Mendes

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Personal information
Sandro
Full name	Sandro Miguel Laranjeira Mendes
Date of birth	February 4, 1977 (1977-02-04) (age 31)
Place of birth	Pinhal Novo, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vitória FC
Number	6
Youth clubs
?-1994	Vitória FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1998 1998 1999 1999-2005 2005 2005 2006-	Vitória FC Hércules CF Villarreal CF UD Salamanca Vitória FC FC Porto → Vestel Manisaspor (loan) Vitória FC	041 (3) 061 (2) 002 (0) 023 (3) 137 (5) 000 (0) 004 (0) 060 (2)
National team
2002-	Cape Verde
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sandro, fullname Sandro Miguel Laranjeira Mendes (born February 4, 1977 in Pinhal Novo, Portugal) is a midfielder from Cape Verde, who currently represents Vitória F.C. in the Portuguese Liga. Sandro also plays for the Cape Verde national football team, also holding a Portuguese passport.

Sandro started his career at Vitória F.C., but moved to Spain still a youngster, although he had already debuted in Portugal's first division, and played for 3 seasons with Hércules CF, in Segunda División. In 1998-99, he joined La Liga's Villarreal CF, but would finish the season again in the second-tier, with UD Salamanca. He started his second spell for Vitória between 1999-2005.

Portuguese giants FC Porto came knocking in 2005-06^[1], but he was quickly loaned, without making any official appearances, to Turkey's Vestel Manisaspor until January 2006, when he returned to Setúbal and Vitória for a third stint.

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Profile at zerozero.pt
Sandro Mendes FIFA competition record

v • d • e Vitória Setúbal – current squad

1 Tábuas • 2 Portela • 3 Viera • 4 Robson • 6 Sandro • 7 Gama • 8 Elias • 9 Edinho • 10 Gonçalves • 11 Ribiero • 13 Adalto • 14 Janício • 15 Auri • 16 Chaves • 17 Jorginho • 18 Paulinho • 19 Leandro • 20 Léo Macaé • 21 Moisés • 25 Milojević • 30 Byung-Suk • 77 Eduardo • 99 Matheus • Cláudio Pitbull • Bonfim • Coach: Carlos Carvalhal