Deal done! Ex-Sporting and Real Madrid centre-back set for Portugal return | OneFootball

It's a done deal. Pedro Mendes, former player of Sporting and Real Madrid, will join Feirense. The defender returns to Portugal after a year with Dila, in Georgia, where he was coached by Ricardo Costa, a coach he will now reunite with at Feirense.

The experienced central defender, aged 35, is the solution found by the club's management in Santa Maria da Feira to address the prolonged absence of Edgar Ié due to physical problems. The player's transfer is expected to be made official in the coming days.

To relaunch his career, the player trained at the Alvalade Club - who was a champion with Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid - signed with Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 2023, but also faced challenges. In the 2023/24 season, he played only 13 matches, accumulating a total of 813 minutes.

In his career, Pedro Mendes - valued at 100 thousand euros - has had stints with the Merengues, Parma, Sassuolo (Italy), Rennes, and Montpellier (France). His professional football journey was marked by several injuries that hindered his progress.

While at Sporting, the central defender played only three official matches, all valid for the national championship, during the 2012/13 season, against Vitória de Guimarães (45 minutes), Rio Ave (90 minutes), and Marítimo (90 minutes).

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