Iago Mendonça
Personal information
Full name Iago Pereira Mendonça
Date of birth (1999-08-16) 16 August 1999
Place of birth Barreiras, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Vila Nova
Youth career
2013 Atlético Goianiense
2014 Jardim América
2016–2017 Trindade
2017–2019 Goiás
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Trindade 6 (0)
2019–2022 Goiás 41 (0)
2020 → Aparecidense (loan) 0 (0)
2022 CRB 13 (0)
2023 Blooming 1 (0)
2023– Vila Nova 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023

Iago Pereira Mendonça (born 16 August 1999), known as Iago Mendonça or simply Iago, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Vila Nova.

Club career

Born in Barreiras, Bahia, Iago Mendonça represented Atlético Goianiense, Jardim América and Trindade as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter on 11 June 2017, playing the last six minutes of a 1–0 Campeonato Goiano Segunda Divisão away win against ASEEV.[1]

Iago Mendonça moved to Goiás in late 2017, returning to the under-20s.[2] He made his first team debut for the Esmeraldino on 20 March 2019, starting in a 2–1 home win against Iporá for the Goiano championship.[3] His first goal came on 11 September, netting the opener in a 4–2 home success over Luverdense, for the year's Copa Verde.[4]

On 22 August 2020, after being rarely used, Iago Mendonça was loaned to Série D side Aparecidense for the remainder of the season.[5] He returned in October after failing to make an appearance, but still made his Série A debut on 3 December by starting in a 0–3 home loss against São Paulo.[6]

Career statistics

As of 24 January 2021[7]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trindade 2017[8] Goiano 2ª Divisão —60———60
Goiás 2019 Série A 001000—4[lower-alpha 1]151
2020 50100000—60
Total 5020000041111
Aparecidense (loan) 2020 Série D 00————00
Career total 14030000020190
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Verde

References

  1. ↑ "Campeonato Goiano - Segunda Divisão 2017 - Evangélica 0 x 1 Trindade" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol de Goyaz. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Zagueiro do Goiás quer subir" [Goiás stopper wants to be promoted] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Popular. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Goiás vence, avança em primeiro, e Iporá escapa da queda mesmo derrotado" [Goiás win, go through in the first place, and Iporá avoid relegation even with the defeat] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Goiás passa sufoco, mas bate o Luverdense e segue vivo na Copa Verde" [Goiás have heart-stopping moment, but defeat Luverdense and remain alive in the Copa Verde] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Aparecidense anuncia zagueiro Iago Mendonça, que chega de empréstimo junto ao Goiás" [Aparecidense announce stopper Iago Mendonça, who arrives on loan from Goiás] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Hoje. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "São Paulo vence o Goiás, ultrapassa o Atlético-MG e vira líder do Brasileirão" [São Paulo defeat Goiás, overtake Atlético-MG and become the leaders of the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Iago Mendonça at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Iago Mendonça" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol de Goyaz. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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