Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josafat Wooding Mendes | ||
Date of birth | 31 December 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Braga | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2013 | Väsby United | ||
2014–2020 | AIK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2021 | Hammarby IF | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Hammarby TFF | 26 | (4) |
2022–2023 | AIK | 24 | (0) |
2023– | Braga | 21 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Sweden U21 | 12 | (0) |
2023– | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:20, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Josafat Wooding "Joe" Mendes (born 31 December 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Braga. [1]
Born and raised in Stockholm, Mendes started to play football as a youngster for local club AFC United, before moving to AIK at age 12. [2] [3] In 2020, he appeared in several friendlies for the club's first team, but did not feature in any competitive games. [4] [5] [6]
In 2021, Mendes joined Hammarby Talang FF in Ettan, Sweden's third division. [7] During the first half of the season, he scored once in 12 league appearances, whilst also providing six assists. [8]
On 19 July 2021, Mendes was promoted to their parent club Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, the domestic first tier, signing a two-year deal. [9] He made his competitive debut only days later, on 22 July, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home win against Maribor in the UEFA Europa Conference League. [10] [11]
On 21 December 2021, it was announced that Mendes returned to his former club AIK, in an undisclosed deal between the two rival clubs. He signed a four year-contract with the Allsvenskan club, effective in January 2022. [12] [13]
On 28 January 2023, Portuguese side Braga announced the signing of Mendes on a five-and-a-half year contract. [14]
In 2018, Mendes won two caps for the Swedish U17 national team, playing in two friendlies against Belgium and Czech Republic. [1] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 2023 in a friendly 2–1 win against Iceland. [15]
Born in Sweden, Mendes is of DR Congolese and Angolan descent. [16] He is the cousin of the Swedish footballer Jardell Kanga. [17]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hammarby Talang FF | 2021 | Ettan | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||
Hammarby IF | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
AIK | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2023 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [c] | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
Total | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 36 | 1 | |||
Braga | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 [d] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
Career total | 71 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 97 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Braga