Carolina Mendes

Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Racing Power and the Portugal women's national football team.

Club career
She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship. She subsequently moved to Spain, where she played for UE L'Estartit and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in Spain's Primera División.

In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF for one year.

International career
Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at the 2007 Algarve Cup. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

In Portugal's 2–1 win over Scotland, Mendes scored the national team's first-ever goal at major international tournament finals. She scored again in the final group match against England, but Portugal lost 2–1 and was eliminated.

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

Honours
Braga 1º de Dezembro Rossiyanka
 * Taça da Liga: 2021–22
 * Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2010–11
 * Taça de Portugal: 2010–11
 * Russian Women's Football Championship: 2016

International goals

 * Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.