Nuno Mendes
Paris Saint-Germain · Portugal
Nuno Mendes is a Portuguese professional footballer, born on 19 June 2002. He plays as a left-back for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 and for the Portugal national team. He came through the youth academy of Sporting CP.
Bleacher Report ranked Mendes No. 8 in its 2025 top 25, calling him "the best full-back in the world" and stressing his pace and his defending against top wingers. FourFourTwo placed him ninth and described him as an all-rounder without equal in his position in Europe, arguably PSG's best signing of his intake. France Football ranked him tenth at the 2025 Ballon d'Or, and he is among the 30 nominees for 2026.
Mendes made his Sporting debut in 2020 and won the Primeira Liga and the Taça da Liga the next season. He joined PSG on loan in August 2021 and permanently for €38 million in June 2022; Wikipedia credits him with five Ligue 1 titles and the Champions League in 2025 and 2026, the first as part of a continental treble. For Portugal he has played at two World Cups and two European Championships, and he won the 2025 Nations League, where he was named best player of the finals.
Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Bleacher Report · FourFourTwo · France Football / L'Équipe
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