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Pedro Mendes

1979 - Today

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Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu ˈmẽdɨʃ]; born 26 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as a football agent. Starting his career with home town club Vitória de Guimarães, Mendes won the UEFA Champions League with Porto in the 2003–04 season. He then moved to the Premier League, initially with Tottenham Hotspur in 2004, where he famously scored a 45-yard ghost goal against Manchester United that was wrongly not given by the officials despite goalkeeper Roy Carroll having fumbled his catch and clawed the ball back from at least a yard behind the goal line. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Mendes is the 4,711th most popular soccer player (up from 8,828th in 2024), the 410th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 495th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pedro Mendes ranks 4,711 out of 21,273. Before him are Giorgos Koudas, Torsten Gütschow, Fabio Celestini, Bertil Johansson, Michael Tarnat, and Miguel Monteiro. After him are Alan Hansen, Gerónimo Barbadillo, Pavel Kuka, Bart McGhee, Ivica Dragutinović, and Robert Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Pedro Mendes ranks 181. Before him are Doni, Takamichi Kobayashi, Sabina Babayeva, Imany, Taavi Rõivas, and José Kléberson. After him are Flo Rida, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Senhit, Céline Tran, Arpad Sterbik, and Andriy Nesmachniy.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Mendes ranks 410 out of 633. Before him are Domingos Paciência (1969), Carlos Mendes (1947), Custódio Pinto (1942), João de Deus Pinheiro (1945), Manuel Fernandes (1986), and Miguel Monteiro (1980). After him are Mário de Noronha (1885), George Grey (1812), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), Miguel Veloso (1986), Tonicha (1946), and Tiago Monteiro (1976).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Pedro Mendes ranks 88. Before him are Bebé (1990), Francisco Conceição (2002), Domingos Paciência (1969), Custódio Pinto (1942), Manuel Fernandes (1986), and Miguel Monteiro (1980). After him are Eduardo Carvalho (1982), Miguel Veloso (1986), Carlos Manuel (1958), Eliseu (1983), Ricardo Pereira (1993), and José Fonte (1983).

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