Luciano Pereira Mendes

Luciano Pereira Mendes (born 15 October 1983), also known as Chimba, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Persian Gulf Pro League club Foolad.

Career Foolad After spending the previous season at Clube Atlético Linense, Chimba transferred to Foolad in the Iranian Premier League in summer 2012. In the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, he helped Foolad win the championship by scoring nine league goals. He also scored six goals in the 2014 AFC Champions League.

Sepahan On 3 July 2014, Chimba agreed on a two-year contract with Sepahan for $2 million. He officially signed his contract on 4 July and was presented to the fans. He played his first game for Sepahan in their 2–0 win over Paykan. He scored his first goal for Sepahan in the next match, against Gostaresh which he scored the second goal in 2–0 win.

Return to Foolad

On 18 June 2019, Chimba returned to his former club Foolad on a one-year contract. In the first season of his presence in this team, he became the top goal scorer of 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League together with Kiros Stanlley. Subsequently, He extended his contract and became the best goal scorer in the history of Foolad and the best foreign goal scorer in the history of the Iran Pro League.

Career statistics

Honours Foolad Persian Gulf Pro League: 2013–14 Hazfi Cup: 2020–21 Iranian Super Cup: 2021

Sepahan Persian Gulf Pro League: 2014–15

Individual Persian Gulf Pro League top scorer: 2018–19