Alfredo Valadas

Alfredo Valadas Mendes (16 February 1912 – 1994) was a Portuguese footballer who played as outside forward.

Over the course of 10 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 136 games and eighty six goals, all at Benfica, winning nine major titles.

Club career Born in Minas de S. Domingos, Beja; Valadas started his career at Luso Sport Clube, a delegation of Sporting CP at only age 15.

With 19 years-old, he moved to Lisbon to play for Sporting, with the promise that they help him find a job, which they never did. In the nineteen-forties, he scored 21 league goals in two seasons combined, to help the club win two more leagues, in 1941–42, 1942–43. He retired with a match in his honor on 1 December 1944, after 264 official matches, scoring 158 times; immediately assuming an assistant position under János Biri.

Honours Benfica Primeira Divisão: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43 Taça de Portugal: 1939–40, 1943–44 Campeonato de Portugal: 1934–35 Campeonato de Lisboa: 1939–40