Mónica Mendes

Mónica Soraia Amaral Mendes (born 16 June 1993) is a retired Portuguese football defender who last played for Servette in the Swiss Super League until the end of the 2023/2024 season. She is currently coaching the FC Sion Under 18 women's team.

Club career Mendes has played in her native Portugal for S.U. 1º Dezembro before moving to the United States, where she played in college for the University of Texas at Brownsville and in the USL W-League for the reserve teams of D.C. United / Washington Spirit.

In August 2015, she played the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round for Cyprus club Apollon Limassol. During the same month, shortly after the end of Apollon's Champions League campaign, Mendes was playing for Vålerenga Fotball in the Norwegian Toppserien.

In February 2016, she signed with FC Neunkirch of the Swiss Nationalliga A.

International career Mendes has played for both Portugal women's national football team (senior) and the under-19 team.

Honours 1º Dezembro Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12