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Jorge Alberto Mendonça

Jorge Alberto Mendonça

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Mendonça started his career with Braga. In early 1958, the 19-year-old moved to Spain where he would remain for the rest of his playing days, representing Deportivo La Coruña for a couple of months then signing for Atlético Madrid. He made his debut for the latter club on 14 September in a 2–0 home win against Real Oviedo, scoring the last goal; three days later he was one four players netting braces in an 8–0 trouncing of Drumcondra for the season's European Cup. During his nine-year spell at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, Mendonça would never appear in more than 25 La Liga matches, but was a solid attacking contributor as the Colchoneros won three Copa del Rey trophies and the 1962 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, with the player scoring in the final's replay, a 3–0 victory over Fiorentina. He left with competitive totals of 235 games and 91 goals, retiring in June 1970 after unassuming top-flight spells with Barcelona (two seasons) and Mallorca (one, team relegation).

Club
FC Barcelona (1967–1969)
Club
RCD Mallorca (1969–1970)
Club
S.C. Braga (1956–1958)
Club
Deportivo de A Coruña (1958–1958)
Club
Atlético Madrid (1958–1967)

Personal

Personal life

Mendonça converted to Jehovah's Witnesses in the late 1960s. Barcelona president Narcís de Carreras found this intolerable and ordered manager Salvador Artigas not to field him. As a result, Mendonça was transferred to Mallorca.

Legacy

Honours

Atlético Madrid

La Liga: 1965–66 Copa del Generalísimo: 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1961–62 Barcelona

Copa del Generalísimo: 1967–68

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Portuguese footballer (born 1938)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Jorge Alberto Mendonça Paulino, known as Mendonça, is a Portuguese-Angolan former footballer who played as a striker.

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