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Joe Mendes

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Joe Mendes
Mendes with Samsunspor in 2025
Personal information
Full name Josafat Wooding Mendes
Date of birth (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Samsunspor
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2013 Väsby United
2014–2020 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Hammarby IF 0 (0)
2021 → Hammarby TFF 26 (4)
2022–2023 AIK 24 (0)
2023–2025 Braga 25 (1)
2024–2025 → Basel (loan) 29 (1)
2025– Samsunspor 27 (0)
International career‡
2018 Sweden U17 2 (0)
2022–2024 Sweden U21 16 (0)
2023 Sweden 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:47, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Josafat Wooding "Joe" Mendes (born 31 December 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Samsunspor.[1]

Early life

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Born and raised in Stockholm, Mendes started to play football as a youngster for local club AFC United, before moving to AIK at age 12.[2][3] In 2020, he appeared in several friendlies for the club's first team, but did not feature in any competitive games.[4][5][6]

Club career

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Hammarby IF

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In 2021, Mendes joined Hammarby Talang FF in Ettan, Sweden's third division.[7] During the first half of the season, he scored once in 12 league appearances, while also providing six assists.[8]

On 19 July 2021, Mendes was promoted to their parent club Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, the domestic first tier, signing a two-year deal.[9] He made his competitive debut only days later, on 22 July, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home win against Maribor in the UEFA Europa Conference League.[10][11]

Return to AIK

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On 21 December 2021, it was announced that Mendes returned to his former club AIK, in an undisclosed deal between the two rival clubs. He signed a four-year contract with the Allsvenskan club, effective in January 2022.[12][13]

Braga

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On 28 January 2023, Portuguese side Braga announced the signing of Mendes on a five-and-a-half-year contract.[14]

Loan to Basel

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On 2 September 2024, Mendes joined Swiss club Basel on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[15][16]

Samsunspor

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On 10 July 2025, Mendes signed a five-year contract with Süper Lig club Samsunspor for a fee of €1.2 million, which could rise to €1.5 million with add-ons.[17][18]

International career

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Mendes in 2023 with Sweden U21

In 2018, Mendes won two caps for the Swedish U17 national team, playing in two friendlies against Belgium and Czech Republic.[1] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 2023 in a friendly 2–1 win against Iceland.[19]

Personal life

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Born in Sweden, Mendes is of DR Congolese and Angolan descent.[20] He is the cousin of the Swedish footballer Jardell Kanga.[21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 August 2024[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby Talang FF 2021 Ettan 26400——264
Hammarby IF 2021 Allsvenskan 0010—1[c]020
AIK 2022 Allsvenskan 24040—00280
2023 Allsvenskan 0010—6[c]181
Total 24050—61361
Braga 2022–23 Primeira Liga 4110001[c]061
2023–24 Primeira Liga 17000208[d]0270
2024–25 Primeira Liga 3000001[e]040
Total 2411020100371
Career total 74670201711017
  1. ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, Taça de Portugal
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Braga

Basel

References

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  1. 1 2 "Josafat Mendes" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Landslagsläger för P16 på Bosön" (in Swedish). AIK. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Summering av året som gått" (in Swedish). AIK. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Truppen mot IF Karlstad Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Truppen mot Akropolis IF" (in Swedish). AIK. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Truppen mot IFK Norrköping" (in Swedish). AIK. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jättetalangen lämnar AIK – för Hammarby". Expressen (in Swedish). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Talangkollen: Vårsäsongen i siffror" (in Swedish). Ettan Fotboll. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Joe Mendes flyttas till A-truppen" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Tvåmålsseger i hemmamötet med slovenerna" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hammarby (SWE) 3 – 1 Maribor (SVN)". UEFA. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Joe Mendes lämnar Hammarby" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "AIK Fotboll värvar Josafat "Joe" Mendes" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "JOE MENDES ASSINA PELO SC BRAGA" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Joe Mendes leihweise zum FCB" (in German). FC Basel. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "Joe Mendes cedido ao FC Basel" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mercado SC Braga (oficial): Joe Mendes no Samsunspor" [SC Braga Market (official): Joe Mendes to Samsunspor]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "Joe Mendes transferido para o Samsunspor" [Joe Mendes transferred to Samsunspor] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "Sverige – Island – Matchfakta – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "Josafat Mendes, Josafat Wooding Mendes – Footballer". bdfutbol.com.
  21. ↑ Parker, Cindy. "Jardell kanga längd". Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Josafat Mendes". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  23. ↑ "Sp. Braga vence a Taça da Liga pela terceira vez" [Sp. Braga wins Taça da Liga for the third time]. Público (in Portuguese). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Statistik-Meister Basel: So wurde der FCB Champion 2024/25" [Statistics champion Basel: How FCB became champion 2024/25]. Swiss Football League (in German). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  25. ↑ "100. Schweizer Cupfinal: FC Basel holt sich zum siebten Mal das Double" [100th Swiss Cup Final: FC Basel wins the double for the seventh time]. Swiss Football League (in German). 1 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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