Lucas Mendes (footballer, born 1990)

Lucas Michel Mendes (born 3 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Qatari club Al-Wakrah. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Qatar national team.

Lucas Mendes

Mendes with Marseille in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Michel Mendes
Date of birth	(1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team	Al-Wakrah
Number	2
Youth career
2006–2008	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Coritiba	139	(2)
2012–2014	Marseille	48	(2)
2014–2017	El Jaish	63	(5)
2017–2019	Al-Duhail	29	(0)
2019–2020	Al-Gharafa	7	(1)
2020–	Al-Wakrah	103	(3)
International career‡
2023–	Qatar	21	(2)
Medal record Representing  Qatar Men's Football AFC Asian Cup Winner 2023 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025

Club career

On 15 August 2014, after playing 2 years with Olympique de Marseille, he signed for Qatari club El Jaish.^[2]

International career

On 9 November 2023, Mendes received his first call-up to the Qatar national team after being naturalized as a Qatari citizen, having lived in Qatar for nine years. He was part of the Qatari squad which won the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

He scored his first goal in the third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification in the 102nd minute of the match against the national team of Uzbekistan, ending Uzbekistan's unbeaten streak of 20 games.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 March 2024

Club	Division	Season	League		National Cup		National League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coritiba	Série A	2008	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
		2009	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Série B	2010	29	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	30	0
	Série A	2011	24	0	11	0	—		—		11[a]	0	46	0
		2012	13	2	9	0	—		2[b]	0	20[c]	0	44	2
	Total		67	2	20	0	0	0	2	0	31	0	120	2
Marseille	Ligue 1	2012–13	25	0	3	0	0	0	5[d]	1	0	0	33	1
		2013–14	22	2	0	0	2	0	4[e]	0	0	0	28	2
		2014–15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		48	2	3	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	62	3
El Jaish	QSL	2014–15	24	1	1	1	0	0	2[f]	0	0	0	27	2
		2015–16	19	1	1	0	0	0	8[g]	0	0	0	28	1
		2016–17	20	3	1	0	0	0	4[h]	0	0	0	28	3
	Total		63	5	3	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	80	6
Al-Duhail	QSL	2017–18	17	0	4	0	3	0	7[i]	0	1[j]	0	32	0
		2018–19	12	0	0	0	4	0	2[k]	0	1[l]	0	19	0
	Total		39	0	4	0	7	0	9	0	2	0	61	0
Al-Gharafa	QSL	2018–19	7	1	0	0	0	0	1[m]	0	0	0	8	1
Al-Wakrah		2019–20	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
		2020–21	22	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
		2021–22	7	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
		2022–23	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	3
		2023–24	17	0	0	0	1	0	1[n]	0	0	0	19	0
	Total		88	2	10	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	112	2
Career Total			270	9	40	1	22	0	36	1	33	0	401	11

1. Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
2. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearances in AFC Champions League
7. Appearances in AFC Champions League
8. Appearances in AFC Champions League
9. Appearances in AFC Champions League
10. Appearances in Sheikh Jassim Cup
11. Appearances in AFC Champions League
12. Appearances in Sheikh Jassim Cup
13. Appearances in AFC Champions League
14. Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

As of match played 6 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Qatar	2023	2	0
	2024	17	1
	2025	2	1
Total		21	2

List of international goals scored by Lucas Mendes

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 November 2024	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Uzbekistan	3–2	3–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	25 March 2025	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	1–1	1–3

Honours

Coritiba

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2010^[3]

Al-Duhail

• Qatar Stars League: 2017–18
• Emir of Qatar Cup: 2018, 2019
• Qatar Cup: 2018

Qatar

• AFC Asian Cup: 2023

Individual

• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2023^[4]
• Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2017–17, 2023–24